| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono Dolby Digital 5.1 rda |
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video file Blu-ray video Region A rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 123 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 123.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Performer |
Edith Bouvier Beale, Edie Beale. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Albert Maysles, David Maysles ; editors, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Foemke. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. |
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Includes the 2006 follow-up to the film, The Beales of Grey Gardens, constructed from hours of extra footage in the filmmakers' vaults. |
| Summary |
Portrait of the relationship between two eccentric recluses, Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis feed their cats and raccoons and talk about their past behind the walls of their East Hampton mansion. |
| Note |
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 Oldham and John Bartlett on the influence of Grey Gardens; an essay by critic Hilton Als. |
| Subject |
Beale, Edie, 1917-2002.
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Beale, Edith Bouvier, -1977.
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Mothers and daughters -- New York (State) -- East Hampton -- Biography -- Videodiscs.
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Recluses -- New York (State) -- East Hampton -- Biography -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and daughters -- Videodiscs.
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Recluses -- Videodiscs.
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New York (State) -- East Hampton -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Hovde, Ellen, film director.
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Meyer, Muffie, film director.
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Maysles, David, film producer, film director.
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Maysles, Albert, film producer, film director.
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Beale, Edie, 1917-2002, interviewee (expression)
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Beale, Edith Bouvier, -1977, interviewee (expression)
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Froemke, Susan.
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Portrait Films, production company.
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Maysles Films, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Gray gardens |
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Contains (workk): Beales of Grey Gardens.
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Grey Gardens (Motion picture : 1975)
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| Standard No. |
715515112215 |
| Music No. |
CC2332BD Criterion Collection |
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