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2006

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Grey Gardens (Motion picture : 1975)
Title:	Grey Gardens / Portrait Films, Inc. presents ; a Maysles Brothers' film ; directors, David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer ; associate producer, Susan Froemke.
Publisher, Date:	[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Copyright Date	©2006
Description:	1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	Portrait of the relationship between Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie, once an aspiring actress in New York who left her career to care for her aging mother in their East Hampton home, and never left again. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis feed their cats and raccoons and rehash their pasts behind the walls of their decaying mansion, Grey Gardens.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 123.
Contents	The cat got out -- The best costume for today -- Mother and daughter -- The Libra man -- Photo album -- Tea for two -- Try, really try -- A staunch character -- Young Edie -- The marching song -- The night and the music -- The marble faun -- Raccoons -- A strict hand -- I'll take a dog any day -- True talents -- Birthday party -- Mother's little girl -- Performance -- Don't throw bouquets at me -- Jerry's moving in -- The pink room -- It's my mother's house.
Participant or Performer:	Interviews with Edith Beale, Little Edie Beale, Lois Wright.
Notes:	Full screen (1.33:1). Feature was originally produced in 1975 and released in 1976. Bonus features: optional audio commentary from the filmmakers; Interview with Little Edie; Interviews with designers Todd Oldham and John Bartlett; photo scrapbook; theatrical and television trailers; filmographies ; essay by critic Hilton Als. Filmed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles ; edited by Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke. DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono. English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. National Film Registry, 2010
Subjects:	Beale, Edith Bouvier, -1977. Beale, Edie, 1917-2002. Eccentrics and eccentricities -- United States. Recluses -- United States. Recluses -- New York (State) -- East Hampton. Mothers and daughters -- New York (State) -- East Hampton.
Genre:	Documentary films. Biographical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Biographical films. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Nonfiction films.
Other Author:	Maysles, Albert, film director, director of photography. Maysles, David, film director, director of photography. Beale, Edith Bouvier, -1977, on-screen participant. Beale, Edie, 1917-2002, on-screen participant. Wright, Lois, on-screen participant. Hovde, Ellen, film director, editor of moving image work. Meyer, Muffie, film director, editor of moving image work. Froemke, Susan, editor of moving image work, film producer. Als, Hilton, writer of supplementary textual content. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. Portrait Films, production company. Maysles Films, production company.
Web Site:	Web Link Connect to IMDb information for this film
ISBN:	1559409770 9781559409773
Other Number:	77090446
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
Control Number:	2284764

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