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 ?

00:05:35 [ Edie ] You can't be too careful. Know what I mean ?

00:09:16 - That's what I got ideas about. -[ Door Closes ]

00:12:57 You said Michelle Beale stole this, didn't you, Edie ?

00:16:32 I can't do it. My feet hurt.

00:20:29 I used to do it myself;you know. I did that-- the soft shoe.

00:24:39 First: try, really try.

00:28:30 Mother's giving her all this S-H-I-T

00:31:54 [ Edie ] No; I never fell in love until I was 3 1.

00:35:37 I'm absolutely exhausted. I danced eight hours last night

00:39:15 - Do you want these ? - I don't like crackers. You know that.

00:43:56 She didn't have to worry.

00:48:12 I never cared for the three people that my mother liked.

00:51:49 Oh, did I do it nicely ? He always compliments me on the way I do my corn.

00:56:16 -[ David ] What ? - The trouble is, he's madly in love with Edie.

01:00:02 If he's related to the Obelenskys; he's okay.

01:03:52 But I haven't gotten to that.

01:07:58 - Happy birthday to you -Happy birthday

01:11:18 The little book is gonna keep me straight. Straight as a die.

01:16:21 - Bouquet - No, don't throw

01:20:14 And they're gonna sell the house, so they gave him the washing machine.

01:24:03 Well, my voice is beautiful and trained.

01:28:01 So I credit him with all the nerve in the world.

07:09:07 -[ Radio Announcer; Indistinct ]

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 line07:09:07

Production Record

DirectorEllen Giffard, Muffie Meyer, David Maysles, Albert Maysles

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$30,966

IMDb votes15,941