Cover: Being There Rating: 8
25 aug. 2013
25 aug. 2013

Details

Regisseur:Hal Ashby
Script:Jerzy Kosinski, Jerzy Kosinski
Producent:Andrew Braunsberg, Charles Mulvehill, Jack Schwartzman
Theater Verschijning:1979
Waardering:Suitable for 12 years and over
Studio:Whv
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Duur:121
Prijzen:Won Oscar. Another 15 wins & 10 nominations
Talen:English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Croatian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Russian (Original Language)
Geluid:Mono
Aspectverhouding:1.85:1
Schijven:1
Regio:1
Releasedatum:feb. 1979

Extra's

16:9 -

Region 2

Samenvatting

De autistische tuinman Chance brengt zijn hele leven door in het huis van een oude man in Washington. Als deze man overlijdt, staat Chance op straat zonder enige kennis van de wereld, behalve dat wat hij op TV heeft gezien. Chance komt terecht bij Eve en Ben Rand, een invloedrijke, doch gladde zakenman. Chance wordt diens vriend en vertrouweling, en Chance's uitspraken (veelal tuinmetaforen) worden opeens als grote wijsheden gezien. Naar de roman van Jerzy Kosinski.

Credits

Caleb Deschanel ... Cinematographer
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 (as Dave Clennon)
Fran Brill ... Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry ... Johanna Franklin
Oteil Burbridge ... Lolo
Ravenell Keller III ... Abbaz
Brian Corrigan ... Policeman by White House
Alfredine P. Brown ... Old Woman asked for lunch (as Alfredine Brown)
Don Jacob ... David (as Donald Jacob)
Ernest McClure ... Jeffrey (as Ernest M. McClure)
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
Bill Dance ... Presidential Aide (as William Dance)
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 (as Katherine DeHetre)
William Larsen ... Lyman Stuart
Jerome Hellman ... Gary Burns
Arthur Rosenberg ... Morton Hull
Sam Weisman ... Colson
Fredric Lehne ... TV Page
Gwen Humble ... TV Guest
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 (as Thann Wyenn)
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