Being There (1979)
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
Synopsis
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
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Peter Sellers
as Chance
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Shirley MacLaine
as Eve Rand
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Melvyn Douglas
as Benjamin Rand
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Jack Warden
as President 'Bobby'
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Richard Dysart
as Dr. Robert Allenby
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Richard Basehart
as Vladimir Skrapinov
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Ruth Attaway
as Louise
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David Clennon
as Thomas Franklin
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Fran Brill
as Sally Hayes
- Denise DuBarry as Johanna Franklin
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Alice Hirson
as First Lady
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Jerome Hellman
as Gary Burns
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John Harkins
as Sidney Courtney
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James Noble
as Kaufman
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Mitch Kreindel
as Dennis Watson
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Oteil Burbridge
as Lolo
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Richard Venture
as Wilson
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Sam Weisman
as Colson
Crew
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Hal Ashby
Director
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Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
- Don Zimmerman Editor
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Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
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Andrew Braunsberg
Producer
- Charles Mulvehill Producer
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Jerzy Kosiński
Screenplay
