Being There (1979) - film review

Drama / Comedy

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Being There is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1979, directed by Hal Ashby. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden and Richard Dysart. It has also been released under the title: Chance. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Hal Ashby
Script: Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. Jones
Photo: Caleb Deschanel
Music: Johnny Mandel
Cast: Peter Sellers (Chance), 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), Denise DuBarry (Johanna), Oteil Burbridge (Lolo), Ravenell Keller III (Abbaz), Brian Corrigan (Policeman), Alfredine P. Brown (Old Woman), Donald Jacob (David), Ernest McClure (Jeffrey), Kenneth Patterson (Perkins), Richard Venture (Wilson), Arthur Grundy (Arthur), W.C. ’Mutt’ Burton (Lewis), Henry B. Dawkins (Billings), Georgine Hall (Mrs. Aubrey), Nell P. Leaman (Constance), Villa Mae P. Barkley (Teresa), Alice Hirson (First Lady), James Noble (Kaufman), Timothy Shaner (Presidential Aide), William F. Williams (Presidential Aide), William Dance (Presidential Aide), Jim Aar (Presidential Aide), William Lubin (Presidential Aide), Gerald C. McNabb Jr. (Woltz), Hoyt Clark Harris Jr. (Riff), Ned Wilson (Honeycutt), Stanley Grover (Baldwin), John Harkins (Courtney), Katherine De Hetre (Kinney), William Larsen (Lyman Stuart), Jerome Hellman (Gary Burns), Arthur Rosenberg (Morton Hull), Sam Weisman (Colson), Fredric Lehne (TV Page), Gwen Humble (Annie Lawson), Laurie Jefferson (TV Reporter), Allen Williams (Other Reporter), Janet Meshad (Other Reporter), Paul Marin (Other Reporter), Melendy Britt (Sophie), Hanna Hertelendy (Natasha Skrapinov), Elya Baskin (Karpatov), Than Wyenn (Ambassador Gaufridi), Richard McKenzie (Ron Stiegler), Sandy Ward (Senator Slipshod), Danna Hansen (Mrs. Slipshod), Mitch Kreindel (Dennis Watson), Richard Seff (Pallbearer), Terrence Currier (Pallbearer), Leon Greenberg (Pallbearer), Austin Hay (Pallbearer), Mark Hammer (Pallbearer), Maurice Copeland (Pallbearer), Hal Ashby (Man at file cabinet at the Washington Post), Basil Hoffman (Man in Commercial), Jerry Jensen (General), Alexandria Walsh (Court reporter)
Country: USA
Language: Italian / English / Russian
Runtime: 130 min
Aka: Chance

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