Being There (1979) - The Old Man's Dead

Being There - (Original Trailer)

Peter Sellers gave perhaps his greatest performance in Hal Ashby's wicked satire Being There (1979).

Being There (1979) - Growth Has Its Season

Ailing magnate Ben (Melvyn Douglas), his friend the president (Jack Warden) visiting, brings idiot gardener Chance (Peter Sellers), now called "Chauncey" and considered wise, into conversation, in Being There, 1979, from Jerzy Kosinski's novella.

Being There (1979) - Kind And Sensitive Man

Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine), upset by her zillionaire husband's illness, consoled by idiot Chance (Peter Sellers), now called "Chauncey" and newly famous as a counselor to the president, and taking a call from a financial editor (John Harkins) in Hal Ashby's Being There, 1979.

Being There (1979) - That Room Upstairs

Idiot Chance (Peter Sellers), now answering to "Chauncey," with ailing billionaire host Ben (Melvyn Douglas), wife Eve (Shirley MacLaine) and physician Allenby (Richard Dysart), who find him profound, in Hal Ashby's Being There, 1979.

Intro Aired: Feb 2018

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Being There (1979)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Being There, 1979.

Intro Aired: Dec 2019

Dennis Miller And Friends (Rita Wilson): Being There

Introduction and comments following Being There, 1979, from Dennis Miller and friend Rita Wilson.

Intro Aired: Feb 2016

Robert Osborne Intro -- Being There (1979)

Robert Osborne Introduces Being There, 1979.

Being There (1979) - Chauncey Gardiner

Aimless gardener Chance (Peter Sellers) fascinated by a Washington, D.C. shop window TV display, meets well-to-do Eve (Shirley MacLaine) who surmises a name for him, in Hal Ashby's Being There, 1979.