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76% Critic Match
Being There
“A story of chance.”
7.6 / 10• 1979• 2h 10m•PG• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Peter Sellers
Chance
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hal Ashby's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Being There is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
