Being There
1979 · Movie · 2h 10m · PG
ComedyDrama
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
83/100
Key crew
- Hal AshbyDirector
- Jerzy KosińskiScreenplay
- Johnny MandelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter SellersChance
- Shirley MacLaineEve Rand
- Melvyn DouglasBenjamin Rand
- Jack WardenPresident 'Bobby'
- Richard DysartDr. Robert Allenby
- Richard BasehartVladimir Skrapinov
- Ruth AttawayLouise
- David ClennonThomas Franklin
- Fran BrillSally Hayes
- Denise DuBarryJohanna Franklin
- Alice HirsonFirst Lady
- Jerome HellmanGary Burns
Stills
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Themes
usa presidentwashington dc, usabased on novel or bookidentityautismimpotencebotanistphilosophicalambivalentbaffleddignified