Movie

Being There

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

1979★ 7.6 · 1.1K2h 10mComedyDrama

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.

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Cast

Shirley MacLaine
as Eve Rand

Jack Warden
as President 'Bobby'

Peter Sellers
as Chance

Elya Baskin
as Karpatov

Richard Dysart
as Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart
as Vladimir Skrapinov

David Clennon
as Thomas Franklin

Richard Venture
as Wilson

Melvyn Douglas
as Benjamin Rand

Fran Brill
as Sally Hayes

Alice Hirson
as First Lady

Hal Ashby
as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

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7.6/ 10

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Release date: 1979-12-19

Revenue: $30,177,511

Runtime: 2h 10m

Genres

ComedyDrama

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