New Trailer on HBO's website for their GREY GARDENS film!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/11/09 at 8:15pm

HBO's GREY GARDENS 31-Second Trailer

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 3/11/09 at 8:20pm

Looks great!!

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 3/11/09 at 8:25pm

The 18th can't come soon enough.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 3/11/09 at 8:27pm

I hope this film will make me respect Barrymore as an actress.

[J'aime GG]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 2:30am

Jessica Lange could not look more like Big Edie.

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 2:47am

I already respect Barrymore. She is wonderful. This trailer looks great. I don't have HBO, but I am going to try to be in front of a TV for this!

Edit: just watched another preview for this. Barrymore looks like she is gonna take an Emmy. Just from the clip she looks like she does a stunning job. Both of them do.

Updated On: 3/13/09 at 02:47 AM

[logan0215]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 2:57am

2-minute preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW5ryhrzYC4

They really made now qualms about extracting 2 exact quotes from the musical ("dance a soft shoe!" and "I had my cake and ate it")

[Q]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:08am

More fodder for those who find humor and entertainment in the plight of the abandoned insane.

[logan0215]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:24am

Speaking of insane...

And the Edies were not insane. Eccentric, at best.

[Q]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:32am

"And the Edies were not insane. Eccentric, at best."

Oh, OK.

Eccentric - and living in squalor in an abandoned house (which they almost set on fire) - not to mention the wild animals running in and out, and the bugs that infested the bed Big Edie was confined to.

I hope the people in my life don't relegate me to such an existence and write it off as 'eccentric'.

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:35am

Q, I don't think the people in you life need to do that. You are doing fine on your own.

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:37am

logan, That is the promo that I watched and it is excellent!

[Q]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:38am

"You are doing fine on your own."

Well, that's a nice statement, since you know nothing of my life.

My comments are about the known existence of these women, which is documented on film.

And I notice you had nothing to say about that.

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 6:55am

Many thanks to Fosse and Logan for posting these! I am very anxious to see this!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 8:09am

They really made now qualms about extracting 2 exact quotes from the musical ("dance a soft shoe!" and "I had my cake and ate it")

logan0215... its obvious you've never seen the 1975 documentary as those lines are said in it, hence why they also are used in the recent Broadway musical.

The "I had my cake and ate it" comment by Big Edie is said early in the documentary when she is speaking about her life and how she has no qualms about it.

The "dance a soft shoe" comment by Big Edie is said midway in the documentary when Little Edie is singing along to old recordings of Big Edie (and her accompanist Gould). Little Edie is dancing/moving about as she is singing so Big Edie asks her to "dance a soft shoe" during a musical interlude in the recording.

To those who've never seen the original 1975 documentary by the Maysles... do yourself a favor and seek it out. It'll make you appreciate this HBO so much more, as well as the recent Broadway musical adaptation. The documentary provides a launching platform of information that is brought to life in these 2 incarnations of the women's story.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 8:21am

Aww! Thank you..so excited to see this!

J*

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 11:04am

It looks unbelievable! I didn't know that they would pull off the characters SO well! Can't wait!

[best12bars]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 11:21am

I didn't think either one of them would pull it off this well. SO excited to see this. Now, I can just relax and focus on the story, and stop "worrying" if they can do the roles.

The answer is a big YES.

Drew in the younger years is starting to look a bit like Julianne Moore! Very impressed with her acting and her "looks" in this trailer.

I love that both actresses seem to be doing a modified version of those "distinctive voices" in the early years. It seems right for them.

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 11:28am

I really hope this movie lets Drew act lol. I think she is probably very talented but hasn't really had the right opportunity to show it off yet.

[logan0215]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 11:49am

Fosse

"It's obvious" you don't know what the **** you're talking about because I've seen the original film multiple times as well as "The Beales of Grey Gardens."

I'm eluding to the fact that those two lines (which are obviously from the film) are directly from the musical as well AND used in the promos. "I had my cake and ate it" is featured so much so in the musical that it has it's own song.

I'm excited by this film but a bit irked by the similarities of the two. Watching the behind the scenes footage, the filmmakers make it sound as if it was their original idea to make a piece that shows the Edies where they were and where they ended up which the musical did first. The musical was already playing off-Broadway while the script for the film was being developed.
Updated On: 3/13/09 at 11:49 AM

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 12:05pm

this looks AMAZING.

drew amd jessica's accents are so authentic, it's incredible.

when little edie is yelling at jackie o, i got chills. this looks so freaking great.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 12:10pm

It seems that the film actually tries to tell the true early story of these women, rather than the largely fabricated one the musical tells in the first act.

I knew these two would be good, as I trusted their casting, but this truly looks wonderful.

[logan0215]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 12:13pm

The first act of the musical is not largely fabricated, it is based on all actual events.

It simply condenses them to seem as if they are happening in one day (Mr Beale's shady Mexican divorce, Edies "coming out party" is replaced with her and Joe's engagement and her subsequent departure, Edith's father cuts her off).

[Bodes08]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 12:22pm

I really hope Drew garners some awards for this performance.
Just from the few seconds of the trailer that we hear her speak, she is outstanding.
She has the look, mannerisms, and dialect down perfectly.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 12:23pm

What a fitting tribute to two beautiful ladies! And I am in love with the script so far...the dialogue between Jackie and Edie is chilling...

Besides that, they look fatastic and really have their mannerisms down pat!