Being There
Being There

Being There

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

7.6130 min
ComedyDrama

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 12/19/1979

Runtime: 130 min

Director: Hal Ashby

Writers: Jerzy Kosiński, Jerzy Kosiński

Top Cast

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

Alice Hirson

Alice Hirson

First Lady

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