Being There (1979)
Front Cover Actor
Shirley MacLaine Eve Rand
Peter Sellers Chance
Richard Basehart Vladimir Skrapinov
Melvyn Douglas Benjamin Turnbull Rand
Jack Warden President 'Bobby'
Richard A. Dysart Dr. Robert Allenby
Ruth Attaway Louise
David Clennon Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry Johanna, girl with Franklin
Movie Details
Genre Comedy; Drama
Director Hal Ashby
Producer Charles Mulvehill; Jerzy Kosinski
Writer Jerzy Kosinski; Robert C. Jones
Studio Warner Bros.
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance)
Running Time 2 hr 10 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 0.0
Plot
A simple-minded gardener named Chance (Peter Sellers) has spent his entire life employed by a man who cares for him and sees to all his needs. When the man dies, Chance is forced to leave, but is ill-equipped to survive on his own. He has few coping skills and, apart from what he knows about gardening, he only knows information learned from watching television. After being hit and injured by a limousine, Chance is befriended by Eve (Shirley McClain) and her husband, Ben (Melvyn Douglas), an ailing, influential businessman with political clout. The couple take him in and care for him. Ben sees Chance – whom he calls “Chauncey Gardiner” – as a confidante and sage adviser. This catapults Chance, and uncomfortably so, into the media spotlight.
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Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
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Product Details
Format Blu-ray Disc
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Layers Single side, single layer
UPC 883929043521
Chapters
Release Date 2/3/09
Subtitles English; French; Spanish; Portuguese; English (Closed Captioned)
Packaging Snap Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [French]
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