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Being There

Being There

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

19797.62h 10m

Overview

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

Directed by Hal Ashby
Written by Jerzy Kosiński
Produced by Andrew Braunsberg, Charles Mulvehill
Box Office0Revenue: $30.2M

Top Cast

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Chance

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

Louise

David Clennon

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill

Fran Brill

Sally Hayes

D

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Themes & Keywords

usa presidentwashington dc, usabased on novel or bookidentityautismimpotencebotanistphilosophicalambivalentbaffleddignified

About Being There

Being There is a comedy, drama film released in 1979 exploring themes of usa president, washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, identity, autism, impotence. Directed by Hal Ashby, it stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas. A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

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