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Being There

Being There (1979)★ 8.4/10

PG · US · 130 min · December 20, 1979

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Directed by: Hal Ashby

Written by: Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. Jones

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Written by

Jerzy KosinskiRobert C. Jones

Cast & crew

Peter SellersChanceShirley MacLaineEve RandMelvyn DouglasBenjamin RandJack WardenPresident 'Bobby'Richard DysartDr. Robert AllenbyRichard BasehartVladimir SkrapinovRuth AttawayLouiseDavid ClennonThomas FranklinFran BrillSally HayesDenise DuBarryJohanna FranklinOteil BurbridgeLoloRavenell Keller IIIAbbazBrian CorriganPoliceman by White HouseAlfie BrownOld Woman asked for lunchDon JacobDavidErnest McClureJeffreyKenneth PattersonPerkinsRichard VentureWilsonArthur GrundyArthurW.C. 'Mutt' BurtonLewisHenry B. DawkinsBillingsGeorgine HallMrs. AubreyNell P. LeamanConstanceVilla Mae P. BarkleyTeresaAlice HirsonFirst LadyJames NobleKaufmanTimothy ShanerPresidential AideWilliam F. WilliamsPresidential AideBill DancePresidential AideJim AarPresidential AideWilliam LubinPresidential AideGerald C. McNabb Jr.WoltzHoyt Clark Harris Jr.RiffNed WilsonHoneycuttStanley GroverBaldwinJohn HarkinsCourtneyKatherine De HetreKinneyWilliam LarsenLyman StuartJerome HellmanGary BurnsArthur RosenbergMorton HullSam WeismanColsonFredric LehneTV PageGwen HumbleTV GuestLaurie JeffersonTV ReporterAllen WilliamsOther ReporterJanet WellsOther ReporterPaul MarinOther ReporterMelendy BrittSophieHanna LandyNatasha SkrapinovElya BaskinKarpatovThan WyennAmbassador GaufridiRichard McKenzieRon StieglerSandy WardSenator SlipshodDanna HansenMrs. SlipshodMitch KreindelDennis WatsonRichard SeffPallbearerTerrence CurrierPallbearerLeon GreenbergPallbearerAustin HayPallbearerMark HammerPallbearerMaurice CopelandPallbearerHal AshbyMan at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)Herbert BenkmanDignitary (uncredited)Basil HoffmanMan in Commercial (uncredited)Jerry JensenGeneral (uncredited)Alexandria WalshCourt Reporter (uncredited)