Being There (1979)
Being There (1979)



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Cast & Crew.

Peter Sellers
Chance

Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway
Louise

David Clennon
Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill
Sally Hayes

Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson
First Lady

Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns

John Harkins
Sidney Courtney

James Noble
Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge
Lolo

Richard Venture
Wilson

Sam Weisman
Colson

Ilya Baskin
Karpatov

Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited) / Director

Kenneth Patterson
Perkins

Stanley Grover
Baldwin

Jack Schwartzman
Executive Producer

Jerzy Kosiński
Novel / Screenplay
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Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$30,177,511
Filming LocationsNorth Carolina, United States
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Being There is a 1979 American satirical comedy-drama film starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby, it is based on the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosiński, and adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, and Richard Basehart are featured in support.
Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor. The screenplay won the British Academy Film Award for Best Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected Being There for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It has since developed a strong cult following and is a favorite among many filmmakers.
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