Being There (1979)

  • PG
  • 12/19/1979 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 2h 10m

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.

Hal Ashby

Director

Jerzy Kosiński

Screenplay, Novel

Robert C. Jones

Screenplay

Cast

Peter Sellers's headshot

Peter Sellers

Chance
Shirley MacLaine's headshot

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas's headshot

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden's headshot

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart's headshot

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart's headshot

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway's headshot

Ruth Attaway

Louise
David Clennon's headshot

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

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