Being There (1979)
Released:
1979-12-19
Duration:
2hr 10min
Rating 7.6
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
Overview
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.
Production Companies
United Artists
Lorimar Film Entertainment
BSB
CIP
NatWest Ventures
New Gold Entertainment
Northstar Media
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $30,177,511.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 14.543 |
Directed By
Hal Ashby
Crew
Screenplay
Robert C. Jones
Robert C. Jones
Producer
Charles Mulvehill
Charles Mulvehill
Original Music Composer
Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
Screenplay
Jerzy Kosiński
Jerzy Kosiński
Executive Producer
Jack Schwartzman
Jack Schwartzman
Director
Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby
Novel
Jerzy Kosiński
Jerzy Kosiński
Editor
Don Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
Director of Photography
Caleb Deschanel
Caleb Deschanel
Producer
Andrew Braunsberg
Andrew Braunsberg
Production Design
Michael D. Haller
Michael D. Haller
Casting
Lynn Stalmaster
Lynn Stalmaster
Associate Producer
Charles Mulvehill
Charles Mulvehill
Sound Mixer
Jeff Wexler
Jeff Wexler
Costume Design
May Routh
May Routh
Makeup Artist
Frank Westmore
Frank Westmore
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Frank E. Warner
Frank E. Warner
Makeup Artist
Charles H. Schram
Charles H. Schram
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Donald O. Mitchell
TOP 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
Elya Baskin
Karpatov
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)