Grey Gardens (2009 film)

Grey Gardens
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Genre	Biographical drama
Screenplay by	Michael Sucsy Patricia Rozema
Story by	Michael Sucsy
Directed by	Michael Sucsy
Starring	Drew Barrymore Jessica Lange Jeanne Tripplehorn Malcolm Gets Daniel Baldwin Ken Howard Arye Gross Justin Louis
Composer	Rachel Portman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Lucy Barzun Donnelly Rachael Horovitz Michael Sucsy
Producer	David Coatsworth
Cinematography	Mike Eley
Editors	Alan Heim Lee Percy
Running time	104 minutes
Production companies	Locomotive Films Flower Films
Budget	$12 million[1]
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	April 18, 2009 (2009-04-18)
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Grey Gardens is a 2009 American biographical drama television film about the lives of Edith Bouvier "Little Edie" Beale, played by Drew Barrymore, and her mother Edith Ewing "Big Edie" Bouvier, 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 began on October 22, 2007.^[2] It premiered on HBO on April 18, 2009.

The film was nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning six including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (for Lange) and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (for Howard). It was also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, winning two for Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (for Barrymore). It was also nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, winning one (for Barrymore). The film also won the 2009 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials.