Being There
“Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!”
1979•PG•2h 10m•7.6•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Hal Ashby
Writer
Jerzy Kosiński
Revenue
$30M
Languages
English
Studio
Northstar Media
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
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
John Harkins
Sidney Courtney
James Noble
Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Production
Company
Northstar Media
Company
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Company
BSB
Company
CIP
Company
NatWest Ventures
Producer
Andrew Braunsberg
Producer
Charles Mulvehill
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