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Being There (1979)  link to Being There on IMDb  

Number: 175

poster Being There

IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (55739 votes)

Country: USA, 130 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Italian, Russian

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Director(s):

Storyline:
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 businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.

Cast:

photo Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Chance
photo Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine Eve Rand
photo Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas Benjamin Rand
photo Jack Warden Jack Warden President 'Bobby'
photo Richard Dysart Richard Dysart Dr. Robert Allenby

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\Being There\Being There.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1