Being There 44 years old

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

Being There

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.

Credits

Being There Cast

Name Character
David Clennon He was 36, now 80 years old as Thomas Franklin
Richard Dysart He was 50, 86 years old when he died as Dr. Robert Allenby
Jack Warden He was 59, 85 years old when he died as President 'Bobby'
Shirley MacLaine She was 45, now 89 years old as Eve Rand
Peter Sellers He was 54, 54 years old when he died as Chance
Melvyn Douglas He was 78, 80 years old when he died as Benjamin Rand
Alice Hirson She was 50, now 95 years old as First Lady
James Noble He was 57, 94 years old when he died as Kaufman
Richard Basehart He was 65, 70 years old when he died as Vladimir Skrapinov
Jerome Hellman He was 51, now 95 years old as Gary Burns
Ruth Attaway She was 69, 77 years old when she died as Louise
Fran Brill She was 33, now 77 years old as Sally Hayes
John Harkins He was 120, 81 years old when he died as Sidney Courtney

Being There Crew

Name Department
Jack Schwartzman as Executive Producer. He was 47 (61) years old when He died Production
Don Zimmerman as Editor. He was 27 (now 71) years old Editing
Hal Ashby as Director. He was 50 (59) years old when He died Directing
Johnny Mandel as Original Music Composer. He was 54 (now 98) years old Sound
Jerzy Kosiński as Screenplay. He was 46 (57) years old when He died Writing
Jerzy Kosiński as Novel. He was 46 (57) years old when He died Writing
Robert C. Jones as Screenplay. He was 42 (now 87) years old Writing
Being There poster
Being There (44 years)

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

  • Release day: Wednesday, December 19, 1979
  • Runtime: 130 minutes
  • Revenue: 30177511.00