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Being There

Release Year
1979
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Directed By
Hal Ashby
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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway

Louise

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

Crew

Hal Ashby

Director

Jerzy Kosiński

Screenplay

Robert C. Jones

Screenplay

Caleb Deschanel

Director of Photography

Johnny Mandel

Original Music Composer

Don Zimmerman

Editor

Michael D. Haller

Production Design

May Routh

Costume Design

Andrew Braunsberg

Producer

Jerzy Kosiński

Novel

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Charles H. Schram

Makeup Artist

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