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Being There (DVD, 2001)

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BEING THERE is based on Jerzy Kosinski's short comic novel about a simpleton, Chance (Peter Sellers), raised in isolation whose only education came from watching TV. When he's forced out of the house where he worked as a gardener by the death of the wealthy recluse who raised him from infancy, he's fortuitously struck by a limousine carrying Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine), the wife of a wealthy industrialist. He's mistaken, because of his well-tailored suits, for a man of means and taken to dinner with her husband, Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas). There, as Chauncy Gardner, his blank affect is taken for seriousness and his literal pronouncements about gardening for metaphoric economic predictions. Soon he's meeting the president (Jack Warden) and becoming a star on TV--where he's a natural.Kosinski was well known to be personally fascinated by the power of television. In BEING THERE, which he adapted for the screen himself, he presents a comic fable about a man whose entire sense of reality came from watching television. Sellers is marvelous as the always-deadpan cipher in whom everyone he meets sees whatever it is they need to see. Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, and Melvyn Douglas give outstanding performances in this biting satire directed by Hal Ashby.

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Product Key Features

ActorPeter Sellers

RatingG

Movie/TV TitleBeing there

DirectorHal Ashby

FormatDVD

Release Year2001

GenreComedy

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Signal StandardDvd

Leading RolePeter Sellers

Film CountryUSA

Release Date20010403

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by outdoors-4-me
03 Jul, 2019
SOMETIMES IGNORANCE IS EMPOWERING.
I HAD SEEN 'BEING THERE' YEARS AGO AND THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FUNNY. SEEING IT AGAIN WAS JUST AS ENJOYABLE. DON'T THINK IT WOULD ENTERTAIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC BEING SO LOW KEY AND CHARACTER DRIVEN. PETER SELLERS DOES NOT APPEAL TO SOME BUT I FIND HIM HILARIOUS.
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by beaglesbay
04 Jun, 2020
superb movie
Probably Peter Sellers best movie, and a thought provoking comedy that is one of the funniest movies ever. Sellers character is supposedly a dim-witted gardener who is the ward of an old man who dies. Through a quirk of fate, he ends up in the home of a millionaire and his wife who recognize him as a genius. Full of comedy and plot twists. Excellent acting!
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by barneypatches18
30 Jun, 2021
Great movie
We really enjoyed the movie, I live in a retirement community and have movies, so I ordered this movie because It was on tv and it was humorous, comical, serious and everyone enjoyed the movie.
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by shakespearecasablanca
23 May, 2020
"Being There" says it all.
A much-overlooked masterpiece, funny yet stunning in the implications for our time. And Peter Sellers (the original Inspector Clouseau in all Blake Edwards Pink Panther movies) in a quietly portrayed "man of the moment"!
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by kly4403
29 May, 2024
One of the funniest movies I’ve seen. Had to have a Cd version, old VHS copy was wearing out.
One of the funniest movies I’ve seen. Had to have a Cd version, old VHS copy was wearing out.
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by karaugu-0
01 Sep, 2021
Great value
Great movie in excellent condition. A++
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by boanergesjohn
13 May, 2016
So many surprises
I don't know if Sellers was a 'genius', but he was a whole lot smarter than me. Up there with Lucy for the comedic presentation and a whole lot more than a straight face (yes, I've seen the out takes). This film is as important to me as Strangelove as I hope it is to others that take the time to watch it 5 times.
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by wigkw-gl-zonoizd
02 Sep, 2020
Fantastic
Outstanding acting plus great unique story. Total entertainment
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by bodhigo
12 Aug, 2020
Very happy with this purchase
Product as described. Plays without error. Very happy with this purchase
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by graybikerdean
23 Oct, 2019
I Understand
It's an all time favorite. If you haven't seen it, you haven't been there and you don't understand.
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