Watch Being There (1979) Official Trailer
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
7.6 / 10 IMDb December 19, 1979 2h 10m
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.
Director
Runtime
2h 10m
Release Date
December 19, 1979
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Status
Released
Revenue
$30,177,511
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Cast
Peter Sellers
as Chance
Shirley MacLaine
as Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
as Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
as President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
as Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway
as Louise
David Clennon
as Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
as Sally Hayes
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Denise DuBarry
as Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
as First Lady
Jerome Hellman
as Gary Burns
John Harkins
as Sidney Courtney
James Noble
as Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel
as Dennis Watson
Oteil Burbridge
as Lolo
Richard Venture
as Wilson
Sam Weisman
as Colson
Elya Baskin
as Karpatov
Hal Ashby
as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
Production Companies
Northstar Media
Lorimar Motion Pictures
BSBCIP
NatWest VenturesBeing There Official Trailer 1979
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