"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.
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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
Jack Schwartzman Executive Producer
Hal Ashby Director
Jerzy Kosiński Novel
Johnny Mandel Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel Director of Photography
Jerzy Kosiński Screenplay
Andrew Braunsberg Producer
Don Zimmerman Editor
Charles Mulvehill Producer
Charles Mulvehill Associate Producer
Michael D. Haller Production Design
Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Jeff Wexler Sound Mixer
Frank Westmore Makeup Artist
Charles H. Schram Makeup Artist
Donald O. Mitchell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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
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Yes I understand.
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