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Being There

First aired on Dec 19, 1979

Runtime: 130 mins

80%

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Peter Sellers | Chance
Shirley MacLaine | Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas | Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden | President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart | Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart | Vladimir Skrapinov
Featured Crew
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Robert C. Jones | Screenplay
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Charles Mulvehill | Producer
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Johnny Mandel | Original Music Composer
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Jerzy Kosiński | Screenplay
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Jack Schwartzman | Executive Producer
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Hal Ashby | Director