| Title |
Being there / BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby. |
| OCLC |
297233588 |
| ISBN |
1419875248 |
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9781419875243 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
883929043521 |
| Music number |
1000044118 Warner Home Video |
| Publisher |
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Gardeners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Social isolation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Married people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Male friendship -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Business and politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Cast |
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehard, Ruth Attaway, Dave Clennon. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Johnny Mandel. |
| Target 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 confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider. |
| Language note |
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| System details note |
Blu-ray. |
| General note |
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. |
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Special features: "Memories from Being there" featurette; two recently discovered scenes; alternate ending; theatrical trailer. |
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