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Being There

7.619792h 10mPGMovieComedyDrama

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.

DirectorHal Ashby
WriterJerzy Kosiński
ProducersCharles Mulvehill·Jack Schwartzman

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Cast · Directed by Hal Ashby

PSPeter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Chance
SMShirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
MDMelvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
JWJack Warden
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
RDRichard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
RBRichard Basehart
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
RARuth Attaway
Ruth Attaway
Louise
DCDavid Clennon
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
FBFran Brill
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
DD
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
AHAlice Hirson
Alice Hirson
First Lady
JHJerome Hellman
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns

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Being There is streaming on Howdy in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. It's not currently on Netflix.

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