"Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!" 19 December 1979 Drama, Comedy 130 mins
A simple-minded gardener named Chance 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.
Watch the official Being There 1979 trailer in HD below or find more Being There videos on Vidimovie.
Peter Sellers as Chance
Shirley MacLaine as Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas as Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden as President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart as Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart as Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway as Louise
David Clennon as Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill as Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry as Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson as First Lady
Jerome Hellman as Gary Burns
John Harkins as Sidney Courtney
James Noble as Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel as Dennis Watson
Oteil Burbridge as Lolo
Charles Mulvehill Producer
Johnny Mandel Original Music Composer
Jerzy Kosiński Screenplay
Jack Schwartzman Executive Producer
Hal Ashby Director
Jerzy Kosiński Novel
Don Zimmerman Editor
Caleb Deschanel Director of Photography
Andrew Braunsberg Producer
Michael D. Haller Production Design
Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Charles Mulvehill Associate Producer
Jeff Wexler Sound Mixer
Frank Westmore Makeup Artist
Frank E. Warner Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Charles H. Schram Makeup Artist
Desde el jardín Trailer
Muito Além do Jardim Trailer
妙人奇迹 Trailer
Bienvenido, Mister Chance Trailer
Bienvenue Mister Chance Trailer
찬스 Trailer
챈스 Trailer
Bem-Vindo, Senhor Chance Trailer
Bem-Vindo, Sr. Chance Trailer
Argentina 08 July 1980
Brazil 10 August 1981
Finland 12 September 1980
France 09 May 1980
United Kingdom 20 December 1979
Hungary 19 February 1981
Ireland 15 August 1980
Italy 15 October 1980
Japan 31 January 1981
Mexico 30 July 1980
Netherlands 15 January 2003
Portugal 24 October 1980
Russia 10 February 2009
Sweden 19 December 1979
United States 21 March 2017
If you liked the Being There trailer, you may like these ones:
03 July 1963
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war.
10 January 1976
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
25 October 1967
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
13 December 1972
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
13 October 1965
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers.
10 April 2014
Following the brutal rape and murder of his 16-year-old daughter, Sang-hyeon stumbles into an ever-widening conspiracy of rage, revenge, and murder.
26 August 1955
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
24 February 1969
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.
24 August 1963
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
29 October 1993
One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym teacher is guilty.
01 August 1980
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
25 September 1964
Young, pretty and innocent, Fanny Hill has lost her parents and must find her way in life amidst the perils of turbulent 18th-century London.
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Being There:
OSCAR WINNER:Best Supporting Actor - Melvyn DouglasPeter Sellers triumphs in his classic performance as an illiterate gardener who is hilariously catapulted ...
UK trailer with the voice of the late Bill Mitchell.
Being There Trailer 1979 Director: Hal Ashby Starring: Jack Warden Melvyn Douglas Peter Sellers Richard Basehart Richard Dysart Shirley MacLaine Official ...
Clip from the movie Being There (1979) featuring 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' by Eumir Deodato.
David Cairns takes a close look at the carefully calibrated minimalism of Hal Ashby's masterful satire.
Yes I understand.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1979:
12 May 1979
The Riehl family has recently owned a small house in a new development in the countryside. Mr. Riehl drives into town every morning, where he works in a furniture store.
01 January 1979
“I don’t drive, but I know people who’ll drive 100 metres to go to the shops. Our society is obsessed with the car, with coming and going, getting somewhere.
24 March 1979
The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms.
01 January 1979
Evil Chun Shan uses chess boxing and a five-element ninja style to terrorize the martial arts world until he is challenged in a series of battles, then destroyed.
01 January 1979
A handsome fighter and a beautiful martial arts warrior are foced to combine forces to combat a mutual enemy.
25 August 1979
Taking the stage with the sun sinking in the West, Cheap Trick opened their Reading Festival appearance aptly with the raucous, quick-hittin' action of "Hello There", followed by the power pop rockin' "Come On, Come On".
03 July 1979
A 40 year old former football star and idol of his generation feels that there's a gap between him and the rest of his peers.
26 February 1979
A pair of sexy bisexual nurses live in an apartment building, one floor up from a middle-aged couple and their son Albert, who is busy putting his new science project—a periscope—to good use by spying on the lingerie-wearing lovelies.
Have you watched Being There yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1979 Lorimar Motion Pictures, BSB, NatWest Ventures, Northstar Media, CIP.