The Beales of Grey Gardens

The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)

Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens

  • Genre: Documentary, Drama
  • Release Date: 2006-07-21
  • User Rating: 7.391/10 from 32 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Maysles Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles.
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Summary

Mother and daughter - Big Edie and Little Edie Beale - live with six cats in a crumbling house in East Hampton. Little Edie, in her 50s, who wears scarves and bright colors, sings, mugs for the camera, and talks to Al and David Maysles, the filmmakers. Big Edie, in her 70s, recites poetry, comments on her daughter's behavior, and sings "If I Loved You" in fine voice. She talks in short sentences; her daughter in volumes. The film is episodic: friends visit, there's a small fire in the house, Little Edie goes to the shore and swims. She talks about the Catholic Church. She's ashamed that local authorities raided the house because of all the cats. She values being different.

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  • Edith Bouvier Beale

    as Self
  • Albert Maysles

    as Self
  • David Maysles

    as Self
  • Jerry Torre

    as Self
  • Lois Wright

    as Self
  • Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

    as Self
Directing Albert Maysles Director
Directing David Maysles Director
Production Kim Hendrickson Producer
Camera Albert Maysles Director of Photography
Editing Ian Markiewicz Editor

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