About this title: 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 and fifties, were threatened with eviction. Jacqueline Onassis paid for the house to be ...
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Format: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Date: 2001-08-14
UPC:037429159125
Description: Like New. DVD. In excellent shape, plays beautifully. Comes in DVD case with original artwork. USA Format. This is an original manufacturer's licensed issue disc, NOT a bootleg or copy. read more
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Criterion
Date: 08/14/2001
UPC:037429159125
Description: Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Edith Bouvier Beale, Jack Helmuth, Brooks Hires, Albert Maysles. Good. 1976 Run time: 100. Criterion Collection #123. DVD in original case with insert. clean disc plays perfectly. light shelfwear on case. A REAL Used Bookstore since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
UPC:037429159125
Description: Edith B. Beale Jr., Edith Bouvier Beale, Jack Helmuth, Brooks Hires, Jerry Torre, Lois Wright. Very good in good packaging. 1975 Run time: 94. read more
Description: BRAND NEW. The 1976 cinema vrit classic Grey Gardens, which captured in remarkable close-up the lives of the eccentric East Hampton recluses Big and Little Edie Beale, has spawned everything from a midnight-movie cult following to a Broadway musical, to an upcoming Hollywood adaptation. The filmmakers then went back to their vaults of footage to create part two, The Beales of Grey Gardens, a tribute both to these indomitable women and to the original landmark documentary's legions of fans, who ... read more
"I originally saw this movie on TV and proceeded to buy it. Big and little Edie Beale are intriguing. It's like watching a train wreck. You want to look away but you just can't. You almost can't believe that two such women, known to be rich and high society, can come to such poverty. Yet through all the deprivation you still can see and feel the aristocrat bred inside both women. This movie shows moments of happiness and deep sadness as you watch the women reflect on thier younger days, sometimes seemingly stepping back in time as they recall. Dispite the arguing and obvious eccentricities these two women are quite loveable. Mostly Little Edie who still has her school girl charms. After watching this film I am obessed with these wonderful women. They are inspiring women because of their plight. I suggest anyone interested in human nature and how expansive it's range can be, to watch this film. It might give you more compassion for people you don't quite understand in this world."
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