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Grey Gardens

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Grey Gardens
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PG,1hr 34min
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January 1, 1975
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Zeitgeist Films
Synopsis: Albert and David Maysles, pioneers in the cinéma vérité movement of documentary filmmaking, chose for their subjects of this film a mother and daughter with celebrity connections. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edie (or, as they are called by the brothers, Big Edie and Little Edie), are aunt and cousin to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In the early '70s, their 28-room mansion in Long Island's tony community of East Hampton was found to be a health hazard, and the two women, in their seventies ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Although Salesman (their breakthrough film) and Gimme Shelter (their most accessible film) are better known in the canon of Maysles brothers' movies, arguably their most moving film is this portrait of two aging women stuck in time and locked in a mother-daughter relationship for the ages. Edith Beale and Edie Beale are related to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which presumably brought them to the attention ... Full Review
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Drew Barrymore promotes "Grey Gardens" in Los Angeles on April 17, 2009.
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Kristen Wiig attends the HBO Films premiere of "Grey Gardens" at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on...
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Adam Yauch and executive producer, Rachael Horovitz and Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz of The Beastie Boys...
Alexander Skarsgård attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Grey Gardens" at Grauman's Chinese...
"Grey Gardens" (Saturday, April 18, at 8 p.m. on HBO)Inspired by the eccentric mother-daughter pair...
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