MetaFilter posts tagged with documentary and HBO

"How did these two women who had everything end up living in squalor?"

ericb — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:49:15 -0800

This weekend marks the U.S. premiere of the new HBO film Grey Gardens (starring Drew Barrymore as Little Edie and Jessica Lange as Big Edie) -- promo [video | 02:01] || 'Inside Grey Garden' [video | 03:33]. The film is based on the 1975 documentary filmed by the Maysles brothers, depicting the "true story of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis....[who] live[d] in a world of their own behind the towering privets that surround[ed] their decaying 28-room East Hampton mansion known as 'Grey Gardens.'" Director Michael Sucsy leads a tour of the Grey Gardens estate as it is today [video | 03:22]. The house is now owned by former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and his wife, author and journalist, Sally Quinn.

The Advocate: The Cult of Grey Gardens. New York Magazine: The Secret of Grey Gardens. A previous adaptation: Grey Gardens -- The Musical.

Previously on MeFi:

Grey Gardens -- The Return of the Marble Faun. Da-Da-Da-Da-Dumm...

Smile baby, people are looking at you.

miss lynnster — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:42:58 -0800

"Oh, someday, when I am Miss America, I'll tell the world to make things start when you're young. And what fun, it's gonna be, when Regis sings his song to me." In 2001, the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Living Dolls captured child beauty pageants of the South in a post-Jon Benet world. Parts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 [Update inside.]

Castro Shelved

ericrolph — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:13:19 -0800

HBO has decided to "shelf" Oliver Stone's documentary on Fidel Castro on the basis that the documentary depicts Castro without judgement. Should documentary filmmaking be a "true journalistic endeavor" as the article suggests?

Journeys with George II

zekinskia — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 11:48:35 -0800

So whatever happened to Journeys with George? As mentioned in this previous thread, the documentary aired on HBO last November. Unfortunately I didn't have HBO last november, and never got to see it. If you're in the area, Harvard University is screening it this weekend.

But what about the rest of us? I can find lots of reviews on the web, but no one seems to be selling it. Don't be fooled by imitations.

Any of you mefites seen it? Anyone else want to see it, but can't? Please disclose any relevant business relationships if you review the film in the comments.

Steve_at_Linnwood — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:48:53 -0800

"You can call it 'Journeys with George'... but spell it with a 'G'..." A network television producer's video diary of her year and a half-long roadtrip on the campaign trail with George W. Bush during the 2000 election. An all-access pass to behind the scenes with W, from the primaries to Bush imitating Will Farrell imitating Bush. [more inside]