Being There
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Being There

“A story of chance.”

★ 7.6/10 TMDB 1979-12-19 130 min

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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Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Chance
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway
Ruth Attaway
Louise
David Clennon
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Jerome Hellman
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
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