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Being There

Being There

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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.

Date: 12/19/1979
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon, Fran Brill, Denise DuBarry, Alice Hirson, Jerome Hellman, John Harkins, James Noble, Mitch Kreindel, Oteil Burbridge, Richard Venture, Sam Weisman, Elya Baskin, Hal Ashby, Kenneth Patterson, Stanley Grover

Peter Sellers as Chance in Being There Peter Sellers

Shirley MacLaine as Eve Rand in Being There Shirley MacLaine

Melvyn Douglas as Benjamin Rand in Being There Melvyn Douglas

Jack Warden as President 'Bobby' in Being There Jack Warden

Richard Dysart as Dr. Robert Allenby in Being There Richard Dysart

Richard Basehart as Vladimir Skrapinov in Being There Richard Basehart

Ruth Attaway as Louise in Being There Ruth Attaway

David Clennon as Thomas Franklin in Being There David Clennon

Fran Brill as Sally Hayes in Being There Fran Brill

Denise DuBarry

Alice Hirson as First Lady in Being There Alice Hirson

Jerome Hellman as Gary Burns in Being There Jerome Hellman

John Harkins as Sidney Courtney in Being There John Harkins

James Noble as Kaufman in Being There James Noble

Mitch Kreindel as Dennis Watson in Being There Mitch Kreindel

Oteil Burbridge as Lolo in Being There Oteil Burbridge

Richard Venture as Wilson in Being There Richard Venture

Sam Weisman as Colson in Being There Sam Weisman

Elya Baskin as Karpatov in Being There Elya Baskin

Hal Ashby as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited) in Being There Hal Ashby

Kenneth Patterson

Stanley Grover as Baldwin in Being There Stanley Grover

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