Being There (1979)

12/19/1979 (US) • 2h 10m

Comedy, Drama

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

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.

Top Billed Cast

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill

Sally Hayes


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$30,177,511.00

Keywords

usa president

washington dc, usa

based on novel or book

identity

autism

impotence

botanist

philosophical

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