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Being There

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

Director

Hal Ashby

Year

Genre

Box Office

$30,177,511

Production

United Artists,Lorimar Film Entertainment,BSB,CIP,NatWest Ventures,New Gold Entertainment,Northstar Media

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 15 nominations total

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Chance

Eve Rand

Shirley MacLaine

Benjamin Rand

President 'Bobby'

Dr. Robert Allenby

Vladimir Skrapinov

Richard Basehart

Louise

Thomas Franklin

Sally Hayes

Johanna Franklin

Lolo

Oteil Burbridge

Abbaz

Ravenell Keller III

Policeman by White House

Old Woman asked for lunch (as Alfredine Brown)

David (as Donald Jacob)

Jeffrey (as Ernest M. McClure)

Perkins

Kenneth Patterson

Wilson

Richard Venture

Arthur

Lewis

W.C. 'Mutt' Burton

Billings

Henry B. Dawkins

Mrs. Aubrey

Constance

Teresa

Villa Mae P. Barkley

First Lady

Kaufman

Presidential Aide

Presidential Aide

William F. Williams

Presidential Aide (as William Dance)

Presidential Aide

Presidential Aide

Woltz

Gerald C. McNabb Jr.

Riff

Hoyt Clark Harris Jr.

Honeycutt

Baldwin

Courtney

Kinney (as Katherine DeHetre)

Katherine De Hetre

Lyman Stuart

Gary Burns

Morton Hull

Arthur Rosenberg

Colson

TV Page

TV Guest

TV Reporter

Laurie Jefferson

Other Reporter

Other Reporter

Other Reporter

Sophie

Natasha Skrapinov

Karpatov

Ambassador Gaufridi (as Thann Wyenn)

Ron Stiegler

Richard McKenzie

Senator Slipshod

Mrs. Slipshod

Dennis Watson

Pallbearer

Pallbearer

Terrence Currier

Pallbearer

Pallbearer

Pallbearer

Pallbearer

Maurice Copeland

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post

Dignitary

Herbert Benkman

Man in Commercial

General

Court Reporter

Alexandria Walsh

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After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

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Director: Hal Ashby

Writer: Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. Jones

Production: United Artists,Lorimar Film Entertainment,BSB,CIP,NatWest Ventures,New Gold Entertainment,Northstar Media

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1979

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $30,177,511

Released: 08 Feb 1980

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 15 nominations total

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Also watch: The China Syndrome, Emperor of the North, Coming Home, Alive Inside, Twin Town, Big Time Operators, Love and a 45, The Last Hurrah, I'm All Right Jack, Alt-Right: Age of Rage, A Change of Seasons