Being There

Dec 19, 1979

2h 10m

★ 7.6

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

United Artists

Lorimar Film Entertainment

BSB

CIP

NatWest Ventures

New Gold Entertainment

Northstar Media

Being There Trailers

Cast

Chance

Peter Sellers

Eve Rand

Shirley MacLaine

Benjamin Rand

Melvyn Douglas

President 'Bobby'

Jack Warden

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Dysart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Richard Basehart

Louise

Ruth Attaway

Thomas Franklin

David Clennon

Sally Hayes

Fran Brill

Johanna Franklin

Denise DuBarry

First Lady

Alice Hirson

Gary Burns

Jerome Hellman

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5.6

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6.8

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0.0

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8.0

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7.6

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7.4

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7.8

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7.7

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0.0

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7.2

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6.0

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6.2

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6.6

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6.8

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7.2

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7.9

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7.7

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7.9

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