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fishie · 23/02/2010 20:19

More4 at 11.50pm tonight. Not the documentary, the Jessica Lange / Drew Barrymore film. wiki

Do record it, you can't get it on dvd and it is much better than I had hoped with loads of interesting back story about the Edies.

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BunnyLebowski · 23/02/2010 20:24

Oh I'm a big Grey Garden's fan!

Have the movie recorded since last time it was on and have watched it 5 times

Also made DP download the original and have watched that twice!

Drew Barrymore is bloody fantastic as Little Edie and Jessica Lange fab too.

Such an interesting story.

GinnytheWitch · 23/02/2010 20:26

Watched this and the original doc at Christmas. Never seen them before but heard about them. Had to have a long think about which one to watch first and went for the Doc followed by the film. The performances are to a "t". Nobody else I know had even heard about it and dh's eyes fell out with boredom when I tried to tell him about it but it was the highlight of my (sad) Christmas viewing on telly.

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fishie · 23/02/2010 20:37

my sister thinks drew is distantly related to edie. it was our xmas highlight too.

i have got the times wrong, it is a documentary first, then the film.

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southeastastra · 23/02/2010 20:41

have seen the documentary, can't really understand why a film was made too as the doc is perfect.

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fishie · 23/02/2010 20:43

yes sea i was worried about that too, but sister made me watch it and she was right. it is a lovely accompaniment to the doc.

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SearchingForMyInnerJoan · 24/02/2010 18:43

Saw the doc for the first time after hearing about it endlessly - it was divine! I'm obsessed... (can we have an 'obsessed' smiley please?)

Didn't record the film (stupidly) so will have to catch up some other way.

AND there was a Broadway musical
DIVINE!

"I'm not going to spend the rest of my life washing clothes."

southeastastra · 25/02/2010 08:24

i loved the bit when she gave that whole pack of sliced bread to the racoons in the loft !

was reading about them on wikipedia, sort of mad i feel asleep for the film now.

BendyBob · 25/02/2010 13:04

I'd never seen the film before and watched it last night. It was fantastic! I really enjoyed it. Drew Barrymore was excellent..what a good actress she is. She's so good at unusual characters.

Is the documentary on again? I'd really like to see it. I've always been interested in Jackie Kennedy/O and her family.

I recorded the film but not the documentary. I think I got confused between the two, because the film is partly about the documentary.

southeastastra · 25/02/2010 13:30

the documentary isn't going to be on again in the near future afaik. some small clips on youtube. worth buying imo it's on amazon

BendyBob · 25/02/2010 13:36

Ooh that's shame. I've just been trawling the tv index, but you're right, it's not there anymore. Thanks for the link though!

MyMamaToldMe · 25/02/2010 17:16

Ahh this sounds like my cup of tea - gutted I missed it.

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fishie · 25/02/2010 17:20

yes you can buy the doc, but not the film alas. maybe c4 will show it again.

i had a look on us amazon yesterday, there are some really cool looking books by mayles' daughters and an exciting woman who lived with the edies at the end.

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