Being There (1979)

7.5	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Comedy (9), Drama (4), Satire (4), 1970s (4), Political (3), (2), Lake (2), Innocence (2), Wheelchair (2), Wealth (2), Billionaire (2), Television (2), Servant (2), Lawyer (2), Gardener (2), Cocktail Party (1), Eviction (1), Hollywood (1), Secret Service (1), Hypodermic Needle (1)

Description

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. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly bus ... (more)

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Starring (View all) :

Peter Sellers

Chance

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Turnbull 'Ben' Rand

President 'Bobby'

Dr. Robert Allenby

Vladimir Skrapinov

Louise

Thomas Franklin

Sally Hayes

Johanna Franklin

Written by (View all) :

Jerzy Kosinski

(novel)

Robert C. Jones

uncredited

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	Being There (Movie Trailer)

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