That Summer

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That Summer

2018

1h 20m

Documentary

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In the summer of 1972, Lee Radziwill asks photographer Peter Beard to help her make a film about her childhood on Long Island. Radziwill's eccentric cousins, Edith Bouvier Beale and her mother Edith Ewing Bouvier, become the focus of the project as they are about to be evicted from their rundown East Hampton property.

Critics Consensus

Although likely most satisfying for Grey Gardens fans, That Summer adds a slight yet entertaining addendum to its classic predecessor.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

07/05/2018

1/4

"That Summer" leaves me with Beale fatigue. It would seem to appeal to "Grey Gardens" completists only.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

06/08/2018

3/5

At just 80 minutes, That Summer is probably one for enthusiasts only, but existing fans will find plenty to savour.

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Michael Brooke

Sight & Sound

06/07/2018

Its value lies less in its resurrection of footage long thought vanished than in the way that it has been co-opted, with remarkably little overt editorial interference, into an essay on the impermanence, persistence and importance of memory.

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Andrew Murray

The Upcoming

02/02/2021

4/5

Viewers don't need to have seen Grey Gardens to appreciate this picture, but after seeing it they'll most likely want to spend more time with the Beales.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

12/10/2020

Heavy as it may sound, That Summer is mostly a fun 80 minutes spent in the company of charming characters.

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

06/15/2020

That Summer is more a well-edited curiosity than a fully realized documentary, but in this case, it works because the subjects are so captivating and bizarre.

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05/10/2020

Ya found my lipstick Edie!? Did ya!?!

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11/08/2019

If you are a fan of Grey Gardens this is a must see film. Very good. I highly recommend this.

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Göran Hugo Olsson

Director

Peter Beard

Actor

Lee Radziwill

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Evelyn Kuhn

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William Vanden Heuvel

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Andrea Barron

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Synopsis

In the summer of 1972, Lee Radziwill asks photographer Peter Beard to help her make a film about her childhood on Long Island. Radziwill's eccentric cousins, Edith Bouvier Beale and her mother Edith Ewing Bouvier, become the focus of the project as they are about to be evicted from their rundown East Hampton property.

Director: Göran Hugo Olsson
Producer: Joslyn Barnes, Nejma Beard
Distributor: Sundance Selects
Production Co: Final Cut for Real, Louverture Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 20, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.0K
Runtime: 1h 20m