That Summer

 

Welcome to Grey Gardens?as you?ve never seen it before. Three years before the Maysles? landmark documentary introduced the world to Edith and Edie Beale?the unforgettable mother-daughter (and Jackie O. relatives) living in a decaying dream world on Long Island?renowned photographer Peter Beard chronicled life at their crumbling estate during one summer in 1972. For the first time ever, director Goran Olsson assembles this long-lost footage?featuring glimpses of luminaries like Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and Truman Capote?into a one-of-a-kind family portrait bursting with the loving squabbles, quotable bon mots, and impromptu musical numbers that would make Big and Little Edie beloved cultural icons.

Rated: NR

Release Date: May 18, 2018

By Max Schindler

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