Edition |
Deluxe edition. |
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Widescreen version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono Dolby digital |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format. |
Note |
Wide screen. |
Cast |
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, Dave Clennon, Fran Brill. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Johnny Mandel ; production designer, Michael Haller ; costume designer, May Routh. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. |
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 confidant to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider. |
Note |
Special features: "Memories from Being there" featurette; theatrical trailer. |
Awards |
Academy Awards (1980): winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Melvyn Douglas); nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers); Golden Globes (1980): winner for Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy (Sellers); Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role (Douglas); nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture; Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy; Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy (Shirley MacLaine); Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Kosinski). |
Language |
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles. |
Subject |
Gardeners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Gardeners. |
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Washington (D.C.) |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Social isolation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Social isolation. |
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Married people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Married people. |
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Male friendship -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Male friendship. |
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Business and politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Business and politics. |
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Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Demonstration (Washington, D.C. : 1971) |
Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Subject |
Married people. |
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Men's friendships. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Added Author |
Ashby, Hal, film director.
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Braunsberg, Andrew, film producer.
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Schwartzman, Jack, film producer.
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Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991, screenwriter.
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Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- director of photography.
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Zimmerman, Don, 1944- editor of moving image work.
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Mandel, Johnny, composer (expression)
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Haller, Michael, production designer.
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Routh, May, costume designer.
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.
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MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor.
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Warden, Jack, actor.
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Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
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Dysart, Richard, actor.
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Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984, actor.
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Attaway, Ruth, actor.
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Clennon, David, actor.
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Brill, Fran, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991.
Being there.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), presenter.
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Lorimar Film Entertainment, presenter.
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Northstar International (Firm), production company.
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Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Container of (work): Being there (Motion picture : 1979)
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Container of (expression): Being there (Motion picture : 1979). French.
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Container of (expression): Being there (Motion picture : 1979). Spanish.
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ISBN |
1419873296 |
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9781419873294 |
Standard No. |
883929037094 |
Music No. |
2000005232 Warner Home Video |
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3000019008 Warner Home Video |
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