Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby
Type
Label
Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
Main title
Being there
Oclc number
297238430
Responsibility statement
BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; 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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Douglas, Melvyn
- Braunsberg, Andrew
- Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984
- Dysart, Richard
- NorthStar (Firm)
- Lorimar Film Entertainment
- Ashby, Hal
- CIP (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
- BSB (Firm)
- Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980
- Warden, Jack
- Attaway, Ruth
- NatWest Ventures
- Clennon, David
- MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
Subject
- Aislamiento social -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
- Comedy films
- Gardeners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Jardinería -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
- Married people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Business and politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Feature films
- Social isolation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Male friendship -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor17
- Douglas, Melvyn
- Braunsberg, Andrew
- Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984
- Dysart, Richard
- NorthStar (Firm)
- Lorimar Film Entertainment
- Ashby, Hal
- CIP (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
- BSB (Firm)
- Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980
- Warden, Jack
- Attaway, Ruth
- NatWest Ventures
- Clennon, David
- MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
- Genre3
- Subject10
- Aislamiento social -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
- Comedy films
- Gardeners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Jardinería -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
- Married people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Business and politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Feature films
- Social isolation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Male friendship -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Content1
- Mapped to1