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DVD

Being there

Call Number

  • DVD COMEDY (EAS)

Edition

Deluxe ed.; Widescreen version.

Languages

English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, Dave Clennon.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2009

Physical Description

1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

Chance is a secluded gardener who 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. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider.

Notes

Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.

Special features: Memories from Being there (featurette); theatrical trailer.

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