Being There poster

Being There( 1979)

TV-MAComedyDrama
76%
User
Score

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Peter Sellers

      Chance

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      Shirley MacLaine

      Eve Rand

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      Melvyn Douglas

      Benjamin Rand

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      Jack Warden

      President 'Bobby'

    5. cast image

      Richard Dysart

      Dr. Robert Allenby

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      Richard Basehart

      Vladimir Skrapinov

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      Ruth Attaway

      Louise

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      David Clennon

      Thomas Franklin

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      Fran Brill

      Sally Hayes

    10. cast image

      Denise DuBarry

      Johanna Franklin

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      Alice Hirson

      First Lady

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      Jerome Hellman

      Gary Burns

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      John Harkins

      Sidney Courtney

    14. cast image

      James Noble

      Kaufman

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      Mitch Kreindel

      Dennis Watson

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      Oteil Burbridge

      Lolo

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      Richard Venture

      Wilson

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      Sam Weisman

      Colson

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      Elya Baskin

      Karpatov

    20. cast image

      Hal Ashby

      Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

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      Kenneth Patterson

      Perkins

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      Stanley Grover

      Baldwin

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

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    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Wed Nov 22 2023
    **Peter Sellers' big farewell in a film that highlights his more chivalrous side.** There are films that, even though they're good, cannot be consensual, and this is one of them. It's a film that conquers admirers as easily as it accumulates people who didn't understand it or didn't like it for whatever reason. I confess that I liked it, but I can understand both sides. The film has qualities, but it also presents a story that is not pleasant, and that is so far-fetched that it could never actually take place in real life. The film presents a friendly character who is not easy to be indif...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    30177511.00

    Keywords

    • usa president
    • washington dc, usa
    • based on novel or book
    • identity
    • autism
    • impotence
    • botanist