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Being There(1979)

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

7.6(1,136)2h 10m1979-12-19

ComedyDrama

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.

Director:: Hal Ashby
Writers:: Jerzy Kosiński, Jerzy Kosiński
Producers:: Andrew Braunsberg, Charles Mulvehill
Cinematographer:: Caleb Deschanel
Composer:: Johnny Mandel
Production:: Northstar Media, Lorimar Motion Pictures, BSB, CIP, NatWest Ventures
Revenue:: $30,177,511
Status:: Released

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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

Denise DuBarry

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns