Being There 1979 Directed by Hal Ashby
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.
Revenue $30,177,511
Release Date 19 December 1979
130 mins
Cast
Peter Sellers
Chance
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway
Louise
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
John Harkins
Sidney Courtney
James Noble
Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
Richard Venture
Wilson
Sam Weisman
Colson
Ilya Baskin
Karpatov
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Perkins
Stanley Grover
Baldwin
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Director
Writers
Producers
Executive Producer
Cinematography
Composer
Editor
Production Design
Sound
Original Writer
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Makeup Artists
Camera Operator
Casting
Lighting
Assistant Directors