Being there, Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby
Type
Label
Being there, Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; 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
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
971553385
Responsibility statement
Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby
Runtime
130
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 864
Summary
"In one of his most finely tuned performances, Peter Sellers plays the pure-hearted, childlike Chance, a gardener who is forced into the wilds of Washington, D.C., when his wealthy guardian dies. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon (Melvyn Douglas, in an Oscar-winning performance), who mistakes his protégé's horticultural mumblings for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife (Shirley MacLaine) targets Chance as the object of her desire. Adapted from a novel by Jerzy Kosinski, this satire, both deeply melancholy and hilarious, is the culmination of Hal Ashy's remarkable string of films in the 1970s and a carefully modulated examination of the ideals, anxieties and media-fueled delusions that shaped American culture during that decade"--Container
Table Of Contents
disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features]
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Gardeners -- Drama -- DVD
- Comedy films
- Social isolation -- Drama -- DVD
- Political consultants -- Drama -- DVD
- Television programs
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 -- Film and video adaptations
- Feature films
- People with mental disabilities -- Drama -- DVD
- Business and politics -- Drama -- DVD
- Television viewers -- Drama -- DVD
Content
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Incoming Resources
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Outgoing Resources
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- Contributor12
- Genre5
- Subject13
- Gardeners -- Drama -- DVD
- Comedy films
- Social isolation -- Drama -- DVD
- Political consultants -- Drama -- DVD
- Television programs
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 -- Film and video adaptations
- Feature films
- People with mental disabilities -- Drama -- DVD
- Business and politics -- Drama -- DVD
- Television viewers -- Drama -- DVD
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- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer1
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- Publisher1
- resource.screenwriter1
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