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poster movie Being There

Being There (1979)

PG

1979-12-19

  • 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.

  • Jerzy KosińskiScreenplay, Novel
  • Hal AshbyDirector

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

Original titleBeing There

Budget$0.00

Revenue$30,177,511.00

Casts

  • Profile Peter Sellers with character Chance

    Peter Sellers

    Chance

  • Profile Shirley MacLaine with character Eve Rand

    Shirley MacLaine

    Eve Rand

  • Profile Melvyn Douglas with character Benjamin Rand

    Melvyn Douglas

    Benjamin Rand

  • Profile Jack Warden with character President 'Bobby'

    Jack Warden

    President 'Bobby'

  • Profile Richard Dysart with character Dr. Robert Allenby

    Richard Dysart

    Dr. Robert Allenby

  • Profile Richard Basehart with character Vladimir Skrapinov

    Richard Basehart

    Vladimir Skrapinov

  • Profile Ruth Attaway with character Louise

    Ruth Attaway

    Louise

  • Profile David Clennon with character Thomas Franklin

    David Clennon

    Thomas Franklin

  • Profile Fran Brill with character Sally Hayes

    Fran Brill

    Sally Hayes

  • Denise DuBarry

    Johanna Franklin

  • Profile Alice Hirson with character First Lady

    Alice Hirson

    First Lady

  • Profile Jerome Hellman with character Gary Burns

    Jerome Hellman

    Gary Burns

  • Profile John Harkins with character Sidney Courtney

    John Harkins

    Sidney Courtney

  • Profile James Noble with character Kaufman

    James Noble

    Kaufman

  • Profile Mitch Kreindel with character Dennis Watson

    Mitch Kreindel

    Dennis Watson

  • Profile Oteil Burbridge with character Lolo

    Oteil Burbridge

    Lolo

  • Profile Richard Venture with character Wilson

    Richard Venture

    Wilson

  • Profile Sam Weisman with character Colson

    Sam Weisman

    Colson

  • Profile Elya Baskin with character Karpatov

    Elya Baskin

    Karpatov

  • Profile Hal Ashby with character Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

    Hal Ashby

    Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

  • Profile Kenneth Patterson with character Perkins

    Kenneth Patterson

    Perkins

  • Profile Stanley Grover with character Baldwin

    Stanley Grover

    Baldwin