Grey Gardens - DVD

Thirty-five years after the Maysles brothers' famous documentary of the same name, the Emmy Award-winning GREY GARDENS offers a poignant glimpse into the private lives of "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beal, two charming eccentrics who were relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and residents of a dilapidated mansion in the Hamptons. Emmy winner Jessica Lange and Emmy-nominated Drew Barrymore create the roles of a single mother and daughter whose unconventional tastes and social rebellion rise above public opinion and form a unique and unbreakable bond. Directed by Michael Sucsy and written by Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, the film chronicles the events of four decades, focusing on the glamorous and luxurious lives of the heroines long before the documentary and the circumstances behind their journey from wealth to poverty...