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Being There (1979)

US:: PG UK:: 12 Comedy Drama

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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Runtime: 130 mins Revenue: $30,177,511 Rating: 7.7 Tag Line: Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Peter Sellers

Chance

Alice Hirson

First Lady

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

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Crew

Charles Mulvehill

Producer

Hal Ashby

Director

Caleb Deschanel

Director of Photography

Johnny Mandel

Original Music Composer

Jack Schwartzman

Executive Producer

Don Zimmerman

Editor

Robert C. Jones

Screenplay

Andrew Braunsberg

Producer

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