Being There  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 1979  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis After Being There was published, author Jerzy Kosinski got a telegram from its lead character Chance the Gardner: "Available in my garden or outside of it." Kosinski dialed the accompanying telephone number and Peter Sellers answered. Sellers indeed got the part and gave an indelible performance (winning National Board of Review and Golden Globe Best Actor awards and an Academy Award® nomination) in this modern comedy classic. Isolated all his life in a Washington, DC townhouse, Chance knows only what he's seen on T.V. Cast into the world, he stumbles into the inner circle of governmental power brokers (including Melvyn Douglas in his second Oscar®-winning role) eager for "sage wisdom." As Chance might say, you'll like to watch. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Shirley MacLaine  • Peter Sellers  • Melvyn Douglas  • Richard Dysart  • Jack Warden  • Richard Basehart Writers:  • Jerzy Kosinski Producers:  • Andrew Braunsberg Directors:  • Hal Ashby Product Information Features: Interactive Menus Cast/Filmmaker Profiles Theatrical Trailer Scene Access Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese Studio: Warner Bros. Production Year: 1979 Release Date: 4/3/2001 Length: 130 mins Rating: PG Chapters: 36 Packaging: Snap Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 938 UPC Code: 012569093829 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Academy Award Winners, AFI Top 100, Classics, Comedy Studios: Warner Bros. Customers who bought this Title also bought Lawrence Of Arabia  DVD-Video Defending Your Life  DVD-Video Lost In America  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Empire Review WALK ON WATER - 3.5 out of 5  (5/26/2001) A sweet tale of a naïve gardener named Chauncy "Chance" Gardener, based on Jerzy Kosinski's novel, BEING THERE. This 2 and a half hour 1979 dark comedy depiction about a sheltered simple-minded man named Chance. He knows everything about gardening, yet is very inexperienced in life and is addicted to television. His wealthy employer dies and he goes out for the first time ever beyond the walls of the estate. Hal Ashby, who also directed Bound for Glory, and Harold and Maude, directs the film.   more >>