Being There

1979 7.6 (1028 votes) 2h 10m

Genres

Comedy Drama

Production Companies

United Artists
Lorimar Film Entertainment
BSB
CIP
NatWest Ventures
New Gold Entertainment
Northstar Media

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

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.

Key Crew

Director: Hal Ashby

Director of Photography: Caleb Deschanel

Screenplay: Jerzy Kosiński, Robert C. Jones

Producer: Andrew Braunsberg, Charles Mulvehill

Top Cast

Peter Sellers

Chance

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway

Louise

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Videos

Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Being There - Original Theatrical Trailer

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