MovieComedyDrama
Being There
A story of chance.
7.6(1,173)19792h 10m
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.
- Director
- Hal Ashby
- Created by
- Jack Schwartzman
- Writers
- Jerzy Kosiński
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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
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
John Harkins
Sidney Courtney
James Noble
Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
Richard Venture
Wilson
Sam Weisman
Colson
Elya Baskin
Karpatov
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Perkins
Stanley Grover
Baldwin
Crew
Directing
- Hal AshbyDirector
- David HamburgerFirst Assistant Director
- Toby LovalloSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Jerzy KosińskiScreenplay
- Jerzy KosińskiNovel
Production
- Andrew BraunsbergProducer
- Charles MulvehillProducer
- Jack SchwartzmanExecutive Producer
- Charles MulvehillAssociate Producer
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
Camera
- Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
- Nick McLeanCamera Operator
Editing
- Don ZimmermanEditor
Sound
- Johnny MandelOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff WexlerSound Mixer
- Donald O. MitchellSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Frank E. WarnerSupervising Sound Effects Editor
Art
- Michael D. HallerProduction Design
- Pablo FerroTitle Designer
- Robert R. BentonSet Decoration
- James L. SchoppeArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Charles H. SchramMakeup Artist
- Frank WestmoreMakeup Artist
- May RouthCostume Designer
Lighting
- Gary H. HoltGaffer