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Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their home. At that point, Jackie swooped in to save her relatives.Read more...
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:
Originally broadcast in 2009. Special features: Audio commentary; Grey Gardens, then & now (11 min.).
Credits:
Director of photography, Mike Eley ; edited by Alan Heim, Lee Percy ; music, Rachel Portman.
Cast:
Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ken Howard, Justin Louis, Ayre Gross, Malcolm Gets, Daniel Baldwin, Kenneth Welsh.
Awards:
Emmy Awards, 2009: Outstanding Made for Television Movie; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Lange); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Howard); Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie; Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
Target Audience:
Rating: TV-PG.
Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details:
DVD, NTSC; widescreen (16:9) (letterbox); Dolby Digital stereo. surround.
Other Titles:
Grey Gardens (Motion picture : 2009).
Responsibility:
HBO Films presents ; a Specialty Films and Locomotive production ; produced by David Coatsworth ; executive producer, Michael Sucsy ; story by Michael Sucsy ; teleplay by Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema ; directed by Michael Sucsy.
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their home. At that point, Jackie swooped in to save her relatives.
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The film adaptation was one that need not have been made. The original Grey Gardens is one of the best, yet the most disturbing films I have ever seen. I still don't know whether to feel sorry for the Edies for not having family that cared enough to get them mental health help... Read more...
The film adaptation was one that need not have been made. The original Grey Gardens is one of the best, yet the most disturbing films I have ever seen. I still don't know whether to feel sorry for the Edies for not having family that cared enough to get them mental health help or slap them for being crazy rich weirdos.
This feature film could not capture the utter horror of seeing the actual Edies live happily and obliviously in their strange and cat filth-ridden world; eating pate and crackers and butter pecan ice cream from a mini-fridge in their shared bedroom.
The odd juxtaposition of a portrait of Big Edie wearing a dress that might have been designed by Lanvin with a 3 foot string of pearls a two-year-old would choke on and her then preference for covering her nakedness loosely with terry cloth towel-like garments is striking.
There was no way for this feature film to measure up to the shock and awe of the real lives of these women as captured by the Brothers Mayles.
"Emmy Awards, 2009: Outstanding Made for Television Movie; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Lange); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Howard); Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie; Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special."
"Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their home. At that point, Jackie swooped in to save her relatives."
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