The Beales of Grey Gardens
2006 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,382 VOTES · DIR. David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,541 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:40 [Door Opens]
00:04:32 I don't want anybody playing me.
00:08:34 - What I like- - You can learn television.
00:12:31 I wanna get a good one of you.
00:16:06 Now, why they think that - I don't think that at all.
00:19:45 Hey, Al, we have to live in, um - in Venice or Milan.
00:23:14 - No. - What if you get drunk and they throw you in a pile of snow?
00:26:47 [Albert Chuckles]
00:30:46 - No, they're not ticks, babe. - They're things that have got -
00:34:20 What am I trying to say?
00:37:46 When you consider what - what's going on today...
00:41:13 You'd better tell them that. You should have worn a costume.
00:44:55 We were coming down the stairs...
00:48:42 - God, I got some of this fat off: - You made it pay, did you?
00:52:41 [Men Laughing]
00:56:19 You know, not with one, but with two.
00:59:58 - Electronic eyes upon me. - [Mrs Beale] Who are those people?
01:03:41 No, it's very serious, but you've got to get an understanding person.
01:07:30 to destroy the two-party system...
01:11:24 Here's where I'd go through, right here.
01:17:24 I'll sleep here: It's not too bad:
01:23:06 Alone
01:27:13 I think all these terrible things wouldn't have been done.
02:05:03 Everybody told me that: