Movie·1979·130 min

Being There

Name: Being There
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1979-12-19
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart

Being There streams in the US on TCM and Howdy Amazon Channel, as of October 5, 2026.

A story of chance.

7.6 / 10 · TMDB

Comedy Drama

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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