Grey Gardens

Sep 27 1975 PG 1h 35m
Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Plot

The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. Reclusive, the pair live with cats and raccoons in Grey Gardens, a crumbling mansion in East Hampton. Edith is dry and quick-witted - a singer, married but later separated, a member of high society. Edie is voluble, dresses - as she puts it - for combat in tight ensembles that include scarves wrapped around her head. There are hints that Edie came home 24 years before to be cared for rather than to care for her mother. The women address the camera, talking over each other, moving from the present to events years before. They're odd, with flinty affection for each other.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Cast

Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Portrait Films

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins & 1 nomination

Trailers
Grey Gardens original trailer
Featurettes
Three Reasons: Grey Gardens
Scores
# of Votes
16,685
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
82
Popularity
NA