Grey Gardens (2009 film)
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| Written by | Michael Sucsy Patricia Rozema |
| Directed by | Michael Sucsy |
| Starring |
Drew Barrymore Jessica Lange Jeanne Tripplehorn Malcolm Gets Daniel Baldwin Ken Howard Arye Gross Justin Louis |
| Theme music composer | Rachel Portman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) |
Lucy Barzun Donnelly Rachael Horovitz Albert Maysles David Coatsworth Michael Sucsy |
| Cinematography | Mike Eley |
| Editor(s) |
Alan Heim Lee Percy |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Locomotive Films Flower Films |
| Distributor | HBO Films |
| Budget | $12 million |
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| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | April 18, 2009 |
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| Released | May 5, 2009 (US) June 2, 2009 (Overseas) |
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Varèse Sarabande #30206 69632 UMG (distribution) |
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Grey Gardens is an HBO film about the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale/"Little Edie", played by Drew Barrymore, and her mother Edith Ewing Bouvier/"Big Edie", played by Jessica Lange. Co-stars include Jeanne Tripplehorn as Jacqueline Kennedy (Little Edie's cousin) and Ken Howard as Phelan Beale (Little Edie's father). The film, directed by Michael Sucsy and co-written by Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, flashes back and forth between various events and dates ranging from Little Edie as a young débutante in 1936 moving with her mother to their Grey Gardens estate through the filming and premiere of the actual 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.
Filming for the HBO film began on October 22, 2007 in Toronto. It first aired on HBO on April 18, 2009.
The film won the 2009 Television Critics Association award for Outstanding Achievement Movies, Miniseries, and Specials. It was also nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Lange) and Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Howard). It was also nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Made for Television Movie and Best Actress in a Made for Television Movie (Barrymore). Lange was also nominated in this category.
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