Being There (1979)
Being There (1979)
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This Movie Is About.
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
Robert C. Jones
Writer
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Hal Ashby
Director
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
Jerzy Kosiński
Writer
John Harkins
Sidney Courtney
Andrew Braunsberg
Producer
James Noble
Kaufman
Johnny Mandel
Composer
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Caleb Deschanel
Cinematographer
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
Don Zimmerman
Editor
Richard Venture
Wilson
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$30,177,511
Filming LocationsNorth Carolina, United States of America
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Wiki.
Being There is a 1979 American satirical comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński. It was adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas and features Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, and Richard Basehart.
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".