Grey Gardens

Name: Grey Gardens
Director: Ellen Giffard, Muffie Meyer, David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Released: 1976
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Norman Vincent Peale, Jack Helmuth

1976 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 15,941 VOTES · DIR. Ellen Giffard, Muffie Meyer, David Maysles, Albert Maysles

Overview

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,473 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:32 [ Mrs. Beale ] What are you doing down there ? Just standing there ?

00:05:27 I never wear this in East Hampton.

00:09:05 She and Marjorie don't believe in wearing girdles.

00:12:39 He was a boogie-woogie composer who had the most terrific style.

00:16:01 I liked it better than anything I ever did.

00:19:49 I'll awake and start to bake

00:23:54 She doesn't like the Catholic Church. She gets mad whenever I go.

00:27:43 - Uptight. - That was wonderful.

00:31:09 -[ Mrs. Beale ] For God's sakes. - He offered me a job.

00:34:28 Where is it ? Can you come around this way ?

00:38:12 She was starving. From my grocer's thing down there.

00:41:46 I'm not gonna spend this winter in East Hampton. In the first place, I can't.

00:46:23 '' Fill me with flaming desire.''

00:50:24 It dropped. You know; it fell off my head.

00:54:21 - I just thought of something. - What ?

00:58:21 - Take the ice cream. - He was 1 65 Broadway;

01:01:54 - Would you believe that ? You know, it's childhood stuff. -[ Mrs. Beale; Indistinct ]

01:06:13 That would be the night at the opera.

01:09:30 I don't think she did send Mother a card.

01:12:50 -Are you pleased with those ? - You know, I see myself as a little girl.

01:17:40 - Are much too much - Oh; no. Way off there.

01:21:32 - When do we start - Oh, God, please !

01:25:14 [ Radio ]

01:29:07 Tell him the truth. That was not the truth.

Cast & Characters

Edith Bouvier Beale Self Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale Self Brooks Hyers Self - Gardener Norman Vincent Peale Self Jack Helmuth Self - Birthday Guest Albert Maysles Self David Maysles Self Jerry Torre Self - Handyman Lois Wright Self - Birthday Guest

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,473

Dialogue density15.5 lines / min

First line00:00:32

Final line01:29:07

Production Record

DirectorEllen Giffard, Muffie Meyer, David Maysles, Albert Maysles

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$30,966

IMDb votes15,941