BEING THERE
(Movies)
Contributors
Published
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2009].
Format
Movies
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Plaistow Public Library
DVD BEI
1 available
DVD BEI
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Published
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2009].
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Language
English
UPC
883929037094
Notes
General Note
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
General Note
Widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.
General Note
Dual-layer format.
General Note
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
General Note
Special features: Memories from Being there (featurette); theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Johnny Mandel.
Participants/Performers
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehard, Ruth Attaway, Dave Clennon.
Description
Chance is a secluded gardener who 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. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details
DVD format.
Language
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
Academy Awards (1980): winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Melvyn Douglas); nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers); Golden Globes (1980): winner for Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy (Sellers); Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role (Douglas); nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture; Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy; Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy (Shirley MacLaine); Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Kosinski).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Braunsberg, A., Kosinski, J., Ashby, H., Sellers, P., MacLaine, S., Douglas, M., Warden, J., Dysart, R., Basehart, R., Attaway, R., Clennon, D., Deschanel, C., & Mandel, J. (2009). BEING THERE (Deluxe ed.). Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Andrew. Braunsberg et al.. 2009. BEING THERE. Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Andrew. Braunsberg et al.. BEING THERE Warner Home Video, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Braunsberg, Andrew., et al. BEING THERE Deluxe ed., Warner Home Video, 2009.
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