Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer
Grey Gardens
Edition 1977
95'
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1975
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Drama, Comedy, Documentary
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Dialogue:
English
Director:
Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer
With:
Edith Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
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.
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Director
Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer
With
Edith Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
Editor
Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Producer
Albert Maysles, David Maysles
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United States of America
Year
1975