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Being There (DVD, 2009)
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Oscar-winning comedy tale of a feeble-minded man who, with the right connections, gains the ear of the U.S. President. His simple-mindedness is mistaken for genius, and he is acclaimed as a worldly-wise philosopher and talked of as a potential presidential candidate.Product Identifiers
EAN5051892001175
eBay Product ID (ePID)72539202
Product Key Features
ActorMelvyn Douglas, Peter Sellers, Richard Basehart, Richard Dysart, Jack Warden, Shirley Maclaine
Film/TV TitleBeing there
DirectorHal Ashby
Release Year2009
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesDefinitive Edition
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time124 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
AwardsBest Actor In A Supporting Role 1980 - Melvyn Douglas
Additional InformationBEING THERE is based on Jerzy Kosinski's short comic novel about a simpleton, Chance (Peter Sellers), raised in isolation whose only education came from watching TV. When he's forced out of the house where he worked as a gardener by the death of the wealthy recluse who raised him from infancy, he's fortuitously struck by a limousine carrying Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine), the wife of a wealthy industrialist. He's mistaken, because of his well-tailored suits, for a man of means and taken to dinner with her husband, Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas). There, as Chauncy Gardner, his blank affect is taken for seriousness and his literal pronouncements about gardening for metaphoric economic predictions. Soon he's meeting the president (Jack Warden) and becoming a star on TV--where he's a natural.<BR>Kosinski was well known to be personally fascinated by the power of television. In BEING THERE, which he adapted for the screen himself, he presents a comic fable about a man whose entire sense of reality came from watching television. Sellers is marvelous as the always-deadpan cipher in whom everyone he meets sees whatever it is they need to see. Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, and Melvyn Douglas give outstanding performances in this biting satire directed by Hal Ashby.
ReviewsNew York Times - ...A stately, beautifully acted satire....Sellers never strikes a false note..., Premiere - [Chance] is a cipher both funny and frightening, making utter vacancy look like Zen inscrutability
AuthorJerzy Kosinski
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleBeing There
Consumer AdviceContains moderate sex
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- 11 Sep, 2019
Worth a watch
Quite a good film but a very silly 'gag-reel' ending with ruins it. Peter Sellers thought that the inclusion of this must have cost him the Oscar!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 Sep, 2018
Thought provoking title.
A really underestimated classic in my opinion. Brilliant!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Nov, 2018
It could exist today!.
First Rate storyline - Appropriate to modern times.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Apr, 2019
Being There
One of the most amusing comedies ever made.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Dec, 2019
Timeless classic
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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