Out in East Hampton, behind a cloud of overgrown foliage and weeds, there is a large decaying mansion which is home to Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown-up daughter Little Edie. Big and Little Edie are the aunt and first cousin of Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis, and this documentary is a portrait of their unusual life together. When Little Edie left New York, she left behind her dreams of stardom to take care of her aging mother, and together they developed a unique relationship, cloistered away in their fading glory. A stirring portrait by the pioneers of documentary filmmaking, the Maysles Brothers.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer - Directors, Susan Froemke - Associate Producer
Audio Interview - 1. Little Edie Beale - Featured
Production Interview - 1. Todd Oldham, John Bartlett - Fashion Designers
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos - 1. Behind the Scenes Photos
Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew

David Maysles: Documentarian, GIMME SHELTER (1970)
Albert Maysles: Documentarian, GIMME SHELTER (1970)
Ellen Hovde: American Filmmaker
Muffie Meyer: Editor
Susan Froemke: 

"...These sad, bickering, mutually dependent women are like two Tennessee Williams heroines, acting out a real-life drama....It's almost impossible to look away..."
"[E]xtraordinary....[The Beales] turn out to be natural performers who are thrilled to have finally found an audience."