Peter Sellers
Chance
What it's about
About this film
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.
Family Pick
A Gentle Comedy Classic Worth Revisiting
A returning classic from 1979, Being There follows Chance, a simple-minded gardener who steps into the wider world knowing only what he learned from television, with Peter Sellers alongside Shirley MacLaine and Melvyn Douglas. This warm, good-natured PG comedy suits older children and adults who like a quieter, thoughtful story. It earns a remarkable 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.9 on IMDb.
Showtimes
1 screening · 1 cinema
· Through Tue Oct 27
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Tuesday
Tue · Oct 27
1 showtime · 1 cinema
Who made it
Cast
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway
Louise
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
DD
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Crew
Hal Ashby
Directing
Details
Title
Being There
Year
1979
Runtime
2h 10m
Spoken Language
English
Genre
Comedy · Drama
Director
Hal Ashby
IMDb
7.9 / 10 (82,778 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics)
95%
Metacritic
83
IMDb ID
tt0078841
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