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QUIZ: It's Time To Test Your Grey Gardens Knowledge

QUIZ: It's Time To Test Your Grey Gardens Knowledge

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A restored, 40th anniversary version of the documentary provides a perfect excuse to revisit our favorite family tragicomedy.

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Shortly after premiering at film festivals in the fall of 1975, the documentary Grey Gardens swiftly became a gay classic. Its iconic status didn't derive from camp value; directed by Albert and David Maysles (the former, sadly, passed away Thursday night), the film was a masterful, heartbreaking tale of two lovable misfits -- bed-ridden mother "Big" Edie Beale and her unhinged daughter "Little" Edie Beale -- imprisoned by their choices and wiling away their days in a crumbling mansion. The fact that the Beales were close relatives of one of the world's most glamorous women, former first-lady Jackie Onassis, only added to Grey Gardens' allure.

Time has not dulled the movie's legacy. In the last decade, a Tony-winning musical and Emmy-winning HBO film dramatized the events of Grey Gardens and brought the Beales' story to younger generations. Now, with the 40th anniversary of the film approaching, a newly restored version opens at New York's Film Forum on Friday and Los Angeles's Nuart Theater on May 1.

So, are you an Edie-phile or Edie-newbie? Take our quiz to find out if another viewing is necessary.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.