Peter SellersChanceSavaraTV movie
Being There
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
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.
ComedyDrama
Starring
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas
Directed by
Hal Ashby
About
Being There
ComedyDrama
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.
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
Information
- Released
- Dec 19, 1979
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- PG
- Directed by
- Hal Ashby
Production
- Studio
- Northstar Media
- Studio
- Lorimar Motion Pictures
- Studio
- BSB
- Studio
- CIP
- Studio
- NatWest Ventures
Cast
People in this story
Peter SellersChance
Shirley MacLaineEve Rand
Melvyn DouglasBenjamin Rand
Jack WardenPresident 'Bobby'
Richard DysartDr. Robert Allenby
Richard BasehartVladimir Skrapinov
Ruth AttawayLouise
David ClennonThomas Franklin
Fran BrillSally Hayes
Alice HirsonFirst Lady
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