Being There

Being There

Genres

Comedy
Drama

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.

Details

Budget
$0
Revenue
$30177511
Runtime
130 min
Release Date
1979-12-19
Status
Released
Vote Count
1033
Vote Average
7.6
Cast
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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

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

John Harkins

John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble

James Noble

Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel

Mitch Kreindel

Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge

Oteil Burbridge

Lolo

Richard Venture

Richard Venture

Wilson

Sam Weisman

Sam Weisman

Colson

Ilya Baskin

Ilya Baskin

Karpatov

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

Kenneth Patterson

Perkins

Stanley Grover

Stanley Grover

Baldwin

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