Being There
Being There

Being There

"Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!"

1979
2h 10m
7.6
US
Comedy
Drama

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.

Movie Details

Revenue

$30.2M

$30,177,511

Languages

English

Studio

United Artists

+6 more

Key Crew

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Director

Jerzy Kosiński

Jerzy Kosiński

Screenplay

Andrew Braunsberg

Andrew Braunsberg

Producer

Jack Schwartzman

Jack Schwartzman

Executive Producer

Cast

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Chance

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

Louise

David Clennon

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill

Fran Brill

Sally Hayes

D

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

John Harkins

John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble

James Noble

Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel

Mitch Kreindel

Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge

Oteil Burbridge

Lolo

Richard Venture

Richard Venture

Wilson

Sam Weisman

Sam Weisman

Colson

Ilya Baskin

Ilya Baskin

Karpatov

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

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