Overview
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.
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Cast
 
                    Peter Sellers
Chance
 
                    Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
 
                    Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
 
                    Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
 
                    Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
 
                    Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
 
                    Ruth Attaway
Louise
 
                    David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
 
                    Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
 
                    Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
 
                    Alice Hirson
First Lady
 
                    Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
Trailers & Videos
![Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jOTeqjbWoC0/hqdefault.jpg) 
                    
                    Being There (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
 
                    
                    Being There - Original Theatrical Trailer
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                    Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
**Peter Sellers' big farewell in a film that highlights his more chivalrous side.** There are films that, even though they're good, cannot be consensual, and this is one of them. It's a film that conquers admirers as easily as it accumulates people who didn't understand it or didn't like it for whatever reason. I confess that I liked it, but I can understand both sides. The film has qualities, but it also presents a story that is not pleasant, and that is so far-fetch...
Nov 22, 2023 
             
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    