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Being There

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Being There

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

7.6

2h 10m

1979

“Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!”

Synopsis

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

Trailer

ComedyDrama

usa presidentwashington dc, usabased on novel or bookidentityautismimpotencebotanistphilosophicalambivalentbaffleddignified

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Cast & Crew

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

as Chance

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

as Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

as Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

as President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

as Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

as Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

as Louise

David Clennon

David Clennon

as Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill

Fran Brill

as Sally Hayes

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