Being There (1979)

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Being There on IMDb 8.0/10 57,125 votes

Released:
1979-12-19

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.

Director:
Hal Ashby

Runtime:
2h 10min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

  • Cast:
  • Peter Sellers
    as
    Chance
  • Shirley MacLaine
    as
    Eve Rand
  • Melvyn Douglas
    as
    Benjamin Rand
  • Jack Warden
    as
    President 'Bobby'
  • Richard Dysart
    as
    Dr. Robert Allenby