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Being There

A story of chance.

  • Movie
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 2h 10m

Directed by Hal Ashby

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 1,180 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Peter Sellers

    Peter SellersChance

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaineEve Rand

  • Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn DouglasBenjamin Rand

  • Jack Warden

    Jack WardenPresident 'Bobby'

  • Richard Dysart

    Richard DysartDr. Robert Allenby

  • Richard Basehart

    Richard BasehartVladimir Skrapinov

  • Ruth Attaway

    Ruth AttawayLouise

  • David Clennon

    David ClennonThomas Franklin

  • Fran Brill

    Fran BrillSally Hayes

  • Denise DuBarryJohanna Franklin

  • Alice Hirson

    Alice HirsonFirst Lady

  • Jerome Hellman

    Jerome HellmanGary Burns

  • John Harkins

    John HarkinsSidney Courtney

  • James Noble

    James NobleKaufman

  • Mitch Kreindel

    Mitch KreindelDennis Watson

  • Oteil Burbridge

    Oteil BurbridgeLolo

  • Richard Venture

    Richard VentureWilson

  • Sam Weisman

    Sam WeismanColson

Director
Hal Ashby
Writer
Jerzy Kosiński
Music
Johnny Mandel
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel