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Grey Gardens (2009)

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Region Code: 1

UPC: 883929071890

Catalog #: DV2880732

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), Spanish 2.0, English subtitles, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles

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Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens tells the tender, intimate story of an eccentric mother and daughter (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Big and Little Edie"). They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes but withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "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, and Jackie swooped in to save her relatives. Based on the lives that inspired the Maysles Brothers' classic documentary.

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  • Close Caption:  Yes
  • Region Code:  1
  • UPC: 883929071890
  • Catalog #: DV2880732
  • Studio: HBO
  • Languages:  English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) ,  Spanish 2.0 ,  English Subtitles ,  French Subtitles ,  Spanish Subtitles
  • Features:
  • Documentaries: Grey Gardens: Then and Now -- this film compares and contrasts the feature film and the 1975 documentary with clips from the original film and interviews with Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange and Albert Maysles

Keywords

Family,  Family Troubles,  TV

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Drama,  Gay/Lesbian,  Television

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  We All March Together For Love Is Divine

Buddhaman wrote on 07/24/2009:

The highlights of this film are the scene chewing performances by Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. Two characters as memorable as Big Edie and Little Edie might have proven to be a daunting task to tackle. Lange and Barrymore found a way to transform themselves into these two women. HBO deserves kudos for also giving you some insight into how the pair became reclusive social rejects. The depiction of Grey Gardens both pre and post decay is nothing short of phenominal. The Maysel's original documentary didn't give you half the sense of how bad the living conditions in the home were. HBO even shows cat and racoon crap! HBO's Grey Gardens will definitely take it's place on my video shelf alongside the original Grey Gardens and The Beales of Grey Gardens.

  A Decadent Smash

Amos Lassen wrote on 05/09/2009:

“Grey Gardens”

A Decadent Smash

Amos Lassen

When I first heard that a new version of “Grey Gardens” was being prepared I was a bit apprehensive. I just could not imagine a remake of the documentary as a drama but this is a wonderful film. The screenplay is brilliant and Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore are so good in their roles that you feel that they really are the characters that they inhabit. They are their characters.
For those of you who do not know “Grey Gardens” is a non-fictional account of a
most dysfunctional family and the Beales, mother and daughter live lives filled with parental control, character disorders, victimization and the realization of unfulfilled dreams. The relationship of the two women is bizarre and the two are pathologically complimentary.
The film is based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and they both share the same name, Edith Bouvier Beale (hence “Big Edie” and “Little Edie”). They were both raised as Park Avenue debutantes but they withdrew from New York society to live in their summer home, Grey Gardens on Long Island. They began to lose their grasp on reality as their wealth and contact with the outside world eroded. We heard about them when international tabloid papers reported on a raid on their home by the health department and Jackie O came to their aid. When the Maysles brothers were investigating the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s sister, Lee Radziwill, they came upon the Beales and they made the original documentary and both the film and the women became legendary. HBO gives us its look at the women by bringing us the amazing Jessica Lange as Big Edie and Drew Barrymore as Little Edie and the rest, as they say, is history.
The HBO film is near perfect—it is brilliantly cast, crafted by experts and acted beautifully by all who take part. It does not come across as a made for TV film and the film is so good that had it been made for the large screen there would be no guessing at Oscar time. The film is a tribute to two women whose lives might otherwise have been forgotten. Director Michael Sucsy gives us a film that brings out many feelings and emotions and that is both sensitive and tender. It is almost impossible not to be moved by “Grey Gardens”. The film also reminds us that wealth can come to us in different ways but real and true wealth is the loyalty that we have for each other.

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4 Stars

2009, 103 min

Country:  US

Studio :  HBO, Warner

Cast:  Arye Gross, Drew Barrymore, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jessica Lange, Malcolm Gets

Director:  Michael Sucsy

Screenwriter:  Michael Sucsy, Patricia Rozema

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