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Being There

12/19/1979

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2hrs 10min

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Comedy

,Drama

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Peter Sellers
  • Shirley MacLaine
  • Melvyn Douglas
  • Jack Warden
  • Richard Dysart

    Director

  • Hal Ashby

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • United Artists
  • Lorimar Film Entertainment
  • BSB
  • CIP
  • NatWest Ventures
  • New Gold Entertainment
  • Northstar Media

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

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

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