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Being There

  • 7.9 /10

  • 1087

  • 95%

Plot

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

Peter Sellers as Chance
Peter Sellers

as Chance

Shirley MacLaine as Eve Rand
Shirley MacLaine

as Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas as Benjamin Rand
Melvyn Douglas

as Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden as President 'Bobby'
Jack Warden

as President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart as Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Dysart

as Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart as Vladimir Skrapinov
Richard Basehart

as Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway as Louise
Ruth Attaway

as Louise

David Clennon as Thomas Franklin
David Clennon

as Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill as Sally Hayes
Fran Brill

as Sally Hayes

Denise DuBarry as Johanna Franklin
Denise DuBarry

as Johanna Franklin

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 19, 1979

Production Companies

  • Northstar Media

  • Lorimar Motion Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • $30,177,511.00

Runtime

  • 2.17 hrs

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**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,…