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Being There

DVD/APPROX. 130 MINS./1979/US PG

Main feature:

Release Original Release Date Unknown
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
French: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English, French, Portuguese
Studio Warner Brothers
Year 1979
Genre Drama, History, War

Special features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Cast/Filmmaker Profiles
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Scene Access

Synopsis:



After Being There was published, author Jerzy Kosinski got a telegram from its lead character Chance the Gardner: "Available in my garden or outside of it." Kosinski dialed the accompanying telephone number and Peter Sellers answered. Sellers indeed got the part and gave an indelible performance (winning National Board of Review and Golden Globe Best Actor awards and an Academy AwardŽ nomination) in this modern comedy classic.

Isolated all his life in a Washington, DC townhouse, Chance knows only what he's seen on T.V. Cast into the world, he stumbles into the inner circle of governmental power brokers (including Melvyn Douglas in his second OscarŽ-winning role) eager for "sage wisdom." As Chance might say, you'll like to watch.

Cast and Crew:

Warner Brothers presents
Shirley MacLainePeter SellersRichard BasehartMelvyn DouglasRichard DysartJack Warden"Being There"
Written byJerzy Kosinskiproduced byAndrew Braunsberg
directed byHal Ashby
Production Year: 1979

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