Being There
1979/12/19 (US) | Comedy, Drama
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
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.
Hal Ashby
Director
Jerzy Kosiński
Screenplay
Robert C. Jones
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 30,177,511
Status
Released
Production Company
- Northstar Media
- Lorimar Motion Pictures
Crews
Jack Schwartzman
Executive Producer
Jerzy Kosiński
Novel
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Andrew Braunsberg
Producer