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Being There

1979 � 7.5/10

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.

Release Date
12/19/1979
Runtime
2 hours and 10 minutes
Director
Hal Ashby

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
James Noble
Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Oteil Burbridge
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
Richard Venture
Richard Venture
Wilson
Sam Weisman
Sam Weisman
Colson
Ilya Baskin
Ilya Baskin
Karpatov
Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

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