Film

Being There

1979 · 2h 10m · Comedy · Drama

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

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

83

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.

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

John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble

Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel

Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge

Lolo

• Hal AshbyDirector
• Jerzy KosińskiNovel · Screenplay
• Andrew BraunsbergProducer
• Charles MulvehillProducer
• Jack SchwartzmanExecutive Producer
• Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
• Johnny MandelOriginal Music Composer
• Don ZimmermanEditor
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

Being There - Original Theatrical TrailerBeing There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Release date

December 19, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG

Revenue

$30,177,511

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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