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Portrait of the relationship between Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie, once and 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...

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Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Maysles Films, Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Maysles, David, Maysles, Albert, Hovde, Ellen, Meyer, Muffie, Froemke, Susan, Beale, Edith Bouvier, -1977, Beale, Edie, 1917-2002
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, [2001]
Edition:RSDL dual-layer ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 123.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Beale, Edith Bouvier, > -1977.
Beale, Edie, > 1917-2002.
Mothers and daughters > New York (State) > East Hampton > Biography.
Recluses > New York (State) > East Hampton > Biography.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
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Summary:Portrait of the relationship between Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie, once and 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.
Item Description:DVD release of the 1976 motion picture.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special features: New digital transfer -- Audio commentary by filmmakers Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, and Susan Froemke -- Excerpts from a recorded interview with Little Edie Beale by Kathryn G. Graham for Interview magazine (1976) -- Video interviews with fashion designers Todd Olham and John Bartlett on the influence of Grey Gardens -- Behind-the-scenes photographs -- Trailers -- Filmographies.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Also issued on VHS.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Albert Maysles, David Maysles ; editors, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Foemke.
ISBN:0780024303