Being There(Movie, 1979)

Name: Being There
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1979
Duration: T02:10:00
Rating: 3.8

| 2h 10min | Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 401 votes)

Being There is a 1979 American satirical comedy-drama film starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby, it is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński, and adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, and Richard Basehart are featured in support. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor. The screenplay won the British Academy Film Award for Best Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. In 2015, the Library of Congr... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Being There

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor

About Being There

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.

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Trailer for Being There + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Being There (1979) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 2:51)

Being There (1979) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p] (Trailer) | Being There - Original Theatrical Trailer (Trailer) | Original Trailer (Trailer) | Hal Ashby on making BEING THERE (Featurette) | Anatomy of a Gag: BEING THERE (Featurette) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: North Carolina

Plays in: Washington D.C.

Based on: "Being There" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: United Artists, Lorimar Film Entertainment, NatWest Ventures, New Gold Entertainment, Northstar Media, CIP

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/19/1979

Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Basehart, Richard Dysart, Arthur Rosenberg, David Clennon, Denise DuBarry, Sam Weisman, Richard Venture, Jerome Hellman, James Noble

Director: Hal Ashby

Screenwriter: Jerzy Kosiński, Robert C. Jones

Film Editor: Don Zimmerman

Director of Photography: Caleb Deschanel

Composer: Johnny Mandel

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Muito Além do Jardim"

"妙人奇迹"

"Bienvenido, Mister Chance"

"Bienvenue Mister Chance"

"Bem-Vindo Mister Chance"

"Bem-Vindo Mr. Chance"

Keywords: botanist, based on novel or book, usa president, washington dc, usa, autism, identity, impotence

Revenue: 30,177,511 USD

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Being There(Movie, 1979)

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About Being There

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Trailer for Being There + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Being There (1979) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 2:51)

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