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Being There
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
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.
Where to watch Being There
Being There is streaming in the US on TCM and Howdy.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home and Spectrum On Demand.
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
- Denise DuBarry as Johanna Franklin
- Alice Hirson as First Lady
- Jerome Hellman as Gary Burns
Details
- Director
- Hal Ashby
- Released
- December 19, 1979
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Studio
- Northstar Media, Lorimar Motion Pictures and BSB
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.6 / 10 from 1,169 votes
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