Being there / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Lorimar presents a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; executive producer, Jack Schwartzman ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby.

Being there / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Lorimar presents a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; executive producer, Jack Schwartzman ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby.

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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 husban...

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Main Author: Mandel, Johnny (Composer)
Contributors: Ashby, Hal (Director), Braunsberg, Andrew (Producer), Schwartzman, Jack (Producer), Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 (Screenwriter), Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- (Cinematographer), Zimmerman, Don (Film editor), Haller, Michael (Designer), Routh, May (Costume designer), Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980 (Actor), MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- (Actor), Warden, Jack (Actor), Douglas, Melvyn (Actor), Dysart, Richard (Actor), Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984 (Actor), Attaway, Ruth (Actor), Clennon, David (Actor), Brill, Fran (Actor)
Corporate Contributors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Lorimar Film Entertainment., Northstar International (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]
Edition:Deluxe ed.; Widescreen version.
Subjects:
Gardeners > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Social isolation > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Married people > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Male friendship > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Business and politics > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Married people.
Marital status.
Men's friendships.
Friendships.
Homosociality.
Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Local Note:Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt.
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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.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: "Memories from Being there" featurette; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
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).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Johnny Mandel ; production designer, Michael Haller ; costume designer, May Routh.
ISBN:1419873296
9781419873294
Participant or Performer:Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, Dave Clennon, Fran Brill.
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.

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