Grey Gardens, a film for HBO, starring Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore as the Edies, with Jeanne Tripplehorn as Jacqueline Kennedy, and Daniel Baldwin as Julius Krug. Directed and co-written (with Patricia Rozema) by filmmaker Michael Sucsy, it began filming on October 22, 2007 in Toronto.[6] It is scheduled to air on HBO on April 18, 2009.
initial thought was TERRIBLE idea because you obv can't improve on the original performances, but actually the trailer looks really good - heavy-handed poignancy notwithstanding - and Drew Barrymore seems to be pulling off Little Edie without too much annoyingness (i don't like Drew Barrymore v much).
― fap fap fap wtf crazy caps self-publishe... (1) (rent), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)
ugh, i saw a billboard for this the other day. bad idea.
― velko, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:19 (sixteen years ago)
i can't wait. i don't get HBO though!
― battlestar elastica (get bent), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:58 (sixteen years ago)
this is such a weird idea!
― just sayin, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 08:24 (sixteen years ago)
http://greygardenscoloringbooks.com/
And p.s. the HBO film was superb. In many ways, it was better than the Maysles' doc since the fleshing out/filling in mitigated against the potential exploitative effects of the original "cinéma vérité." The scene with Jackie is absolutely devastating and really brings it all home, i.e. be careful what you wish for. As for the performances, at first, I was underwhelmed by the scenes of the younger Edies because I couldn't shake Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange out of my head. but once the Maysles-era material accumulates, you totally forget them. Jaw-dropping work all around, esp. the freakishly dead-on set design. As a long-time lover and incorrigible quoter of the original, I highly recommend this.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 3 August 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)
no
― generic xanax order cialis buy viagra cheap tramadol (Dr. Phil), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:57 (sixteen years ago)
dave letterman oddly tried to push the "is the original exploitative?" question to drew barrymore -- she seemed uncomfortable, and responded with a string of banalities. but i sort of felt bad for her, as it wasn't really her job to get into documentary ethics but rather just to promote a movie.
― amateurist, Monday, 3 August 2009 17:59 (sixteen years ago)
i guess i'm hit with an overwhelming "what's the point?" feeling when i read about this, but perhaps it's more than i expect.
― amateurist, Monday, 3 August 2009 18:00 (sixteen years ago)