Being There

A story of chance.

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.

2h 10m1979PGTMDb 7.6

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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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Info

Status: Released
Released: 19 December 1979
Runtime: 2h 10m
Rating: PG
TMDB score: 7.6 / 10 (1,175 votes)

Production

Director: Hal Ashby
Writers: Jerzy Kosiński
Studios: Northstar Media, Lorimar Motion Pictures, BSB
Countries: United States of America

Box Office

Revenue: $30.2M

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English