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Being There

“A story of chance.”

★ 7.6 TMDB Rating · 1.2K votes

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.

Director
Hal Ashby
Release date
Dec 19, 1979
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of Being There

  • Portrait of Peter Sellers

    Peter Sellers

    Chance

  • Portrait of Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine

    Eve Rand

  • Portrait of Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn Douglas

    Benjamin Rand

  • Portrait of Jack Warden

    Jack Warden

    President 'Bobby'

  • Portrait of Richard Dysart

    Richard Dysart

    Dr. Robert Allenby

  • Portrait of Richard Basehart

    Richard Basehart

    Vladimir Skrapinov

  • Portrait of Ruth Attaway

    Ruth Attaway

    Louise

  • Portrait of David Clennon

    David Clennon

    Thomas Franklin

  • Portrait of Fran Brill

    Fran Brill

    Sally Hayes

  • Denise DuBarry

    Johanna Franklin

  • Portrait of Alice Hirson

    Alice Hirson

    First Lady

  • Portrait of Jerome Hellman

    Jerome Hellman

    Gary Burns

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United States
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United Kingdom
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India
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Canada
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Australia
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