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Being There 1979

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.

Directed by: Hal Ashby
Written by: Jerzy Kosiński & Robert C. Jones
Release date: 1979-12-19
Runtime: 130 minutes
Critics score:
96 / 100
Tagline: Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
Cast:
Peter Sellers Peter Sellers
Chance 
Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand 
Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand 
Hal Ashby Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited) 
Richard Basehart Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov 
Elya Baskin Elya Baskin
Karpatov 
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Also known as:
  • Bem-Vindo, Senhor Chance
  • Bienvenido, Mister Chance
  • Muito Além do Jardim
  • 찬스