Being There

PG 7.9
1979 2 hr 10 min Drama , Comedy

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:
    Peter Sellers , Shirley MacLaine , Melvyn Douglas , Jack Warden , Richard Dysart , Richard Basehart , Ruth Attaway

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Reviews

Lucybespro
1979/12/19

It is a performances centric movie

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Dynamixor
1979/12/20

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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ThedevilChoose
1979/12/21

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Kaydan Christian
1979/12/22

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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