Bibliograph

Being there, Warner Bros. Pictures ; Lorimar presents a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; executive producer, Jack Schwartzman ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby

Type

Label

Being there, Warner Bros. Pictures ; Lorimar presents a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; executive producer, Jack Schwartzman ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Main title

Being there

Oclc number

297238430

Responsibility statement

Warner Bros. Pictures ; Lorimar presents a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; executive producer, Jack Schwartzman ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby

Runtime

130

Summary

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

Technique

live action