Comedy
Drama
Being There (1979)
"Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!"
Director: Hal Ashby
Overview
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.
Top Billed 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
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
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Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
Videos
Hal Ashby on making BEING THERE
Featurette
![Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jOTeqjbWoC0/hqdefault.jpg)
Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Trailer
Anatomy of a Gag: BEING THERE
Featurette
Alan Spencer on BEING THERE
Featurette
