Being there [videorecording] /United Artists ; Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby.
Contributor(s): Sellers, Peter | MacLaine, Shirley | Warden, Jack | Douglas, Melvyn | Dysart, Richard | Basehart, Richard | Braunsberg, Andrew | Ashby, Hal | Kosiński, Jerzy. Being there | United Artists Corporation | Lorimar-Telepictures | Northstar International | Warner Home Video (Firm).
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Visual materialPublisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1990, c1979Description: 1 videocassette (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.ISBN: 0790705583.Subject(s): Gardeners -- Drama | Fame -- Drama | Washington (D.C.) -- Drama | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Gardeners -- Fiction | Fame -- Fiction | Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Gardeners -- Fiction | Fame -- Fiction | Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction | Closed caption video recordingsGenre/Form: Comedy films. | Film adaptations. | Political films. | Feature films. | Videocassettes.DDC classification: [Fic] | 813/.54 7-adult
VHS.
Closed-captioned.
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Johnny Mandel.
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Douglas)
Follows the experiences of Chance, a simpleminded gardener living on his own in Washington DC whose life is suddenly transformed when the city's rich and powerful turn to him as an advisor.
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