Being There

Being There
1979ComedyDrama130 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 lear... read more

  • Hal Ashby

    Director

  • Jerzy Kosiński

    Novel

  • Jerzy Kosiński

    Screenplay

  • Robert C. Jones

    Screenplay

  • Caleb Deschanel

    Director of Photography

  • Don Zimmerman

    Editor

  • 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

  • Alice Hirson

    First Lady

  • Jerome Hellman

    Gary Burns

  • John Harkins

    Sidney Courtney

  • James Noble

    Kaufman

  • Mitch Kreindel

    Dennis Watson

  • Oteil Burbridge

    Lolo

  • Richard Venture

    Wilson

  • Sam Weisman

    Colson

  • Elya Baskin

    Karpatov

  • Hal Ashby

    Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

    • 3.0

    Runtime

    130 minutes

    Released

    1979-12-19

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    Germany

    United States of America

    Studios

    United Artists

    Lorimar Film Entertainment

    BSB

    CIP

    NatWest Ventures

    New Gold Entertainment

    Northstar Media

    Sound

  • Johnny Mandel

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    9 days ago

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