Being There

1979

2h 10m

7.6

7.6/10

1,115 votes • View on IMDb

Comedy Drama

"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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $30,177,511

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Northstar Media Lorimar Motion Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

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Quick Facts

Release Date	December 19, 1979
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0078841

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

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

Key Crew

Jack Schwartzman

Executive Producer

Hal Ashby

Director

Jerzy Kosiński

Screenplay

Andrew Braunsberg

Producer

Charles Mulvehill