Being There (1979)
12
20/12/1979 (GB)
Comedy, Drama
2h 10m
- 76% (1014 votes)
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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 AshbyDirector
- Jerzy KosińskiScreenplay
- Robert C. JonesScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Revenue
$30,177,511
Keywords
- usa president
- washington dc, usa
- based on novel or book
- identity
- autism
- impotence
- botanist
- philosophical
Top Billed 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
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
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