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Being There (1979)

PG 12/19/1979 Comedy, Drama 2h 10m
76%
User
Score
7.9/10
95%
83/100

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.

Hal Ashby

Director

Jerzy Kosiński

Screenplay

Robert C. Jones

Screenplay

Top Billed 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

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Media

Hal Ashby on making BEING THERE

Hal Ashby on making BEING THERE

Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Anatomy of a Gag: BEING THERE

Anatomy of a Gag: BEING THERE

Alan Spencer on BEING THERE

Alan Spencer on BEING THERE

Being There - Original Theatrical Trailer

Being There - Original Theatrical Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written on November 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 indifferent to: Chance is a gardener who loves what he does and is very good at taking care of plants, but who was educated in a very informal way, confined inside a man's house. boss he served his entire...

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