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Being There
2h 10min
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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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Original Title
Being There
Runtime (Duration)
2h 10min
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Critics & Audience Score
6.6
Total Votes
1,124
Release Year
1979
Country
United States of America
Box Office Revenue
$30.2M
Casting
Actors

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

Richard Venture
Wilson

Sam Weisman
Colson

Elya Baskin
Karpatov

Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Perkins

Stanley Grover
Baldwin
Crew

Hal Ashby
DIRECTOR

Johnny Mandel
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Jerzy Kosiński
SCREENPLAY

Jack Schwartzman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Andrew Braunsberg
PRODUCER
Charles Mulvehill
PRODUCER

Caleb Deschanel
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Jerzy Kosiński
NOVEL
Don Zimmerman
EDITOR
Charles Mulvehill
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Michael D. Haller
PRODUCTION DESIGN

Lynn Stalmaster
CASTING
Jeff Wexler
SOUND MIXER
Frank Westmore
MAKEUP ARTIST

Charles H. Schram
MAKEUP ARTIST
Donald O. Mitchell
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Frank E. Warner
SUPERVISING SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR
Gary H. Holt
GAFFER
David Hamburger
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Toby Lovallo
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Pablo Ferro
TITLE DESIGNER
Nick McLean
CAMERA OPERATOR

May Routh
COSTUME DESIGNER
Robert R. Benton
SET DECORATION
James L. Schoppe
ART DIRECTION
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