1979
7.6 (1015 votes)
2h 10m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
United Artists
Lorimar Film Entertainment
BSB
CIP
NatWest Ventures
New Gold Entertainment
Northstar Media
Lorimar Film Entertainment
BSB
CIP
NatWest Ventures
New Gold Entertainment
Northstar Media
Being There
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.
Key Crew
Director: Hal Ashby
Director of Photography: Caleb Deschanel
Screenplay: Jerzy Kosiński, Robert C. Jones
Producer: Andrew Braunsberg, Charles Mulvehill
Top 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
Videos
Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Being There - Original Theatrical Trailer
