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Being There

1979, comedy, drama

130 minutes

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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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

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

John Harkins

John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble

Kaufman

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Michael D. Haller

Production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

May Routh

Costume design

Directing

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Director

Editing

Don Zimmerman

Editor

Production

Lynn Stalmaster

Lynn Stalmaster

Casting

Jack Schwartzman

Executive producer

Charles Mulvehill

Producer, associate producer

Sound

Johnny Mandel

Johnny Mandel

Original music composer

Writing

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