Being There

Drama

Shirley MacLaine
Peter Sellers
Richard Basehart
Melvyn Douglas
Richard Dysart
Jack Warden

Director	Hal Ashby
Producer	Andrew Braunsberg; Jerzy Kosinski
Writer	Jerzy Kosinski

After Being There was published, author Jerzy Kosinski got a telegram from its lead character Chance the Gardner: "Available in my garden or outside of it." Kosinski dialed the accompanying telephone number and Peter Sellers answered. Sellers indeed got the part and gave an indelible performance (winning National Board of Review and Golden Globe Best Actor awards and an Academy Award® nomination) in this modern comedy classic.

Isolated all his life in a Washington, DC townhouse, Chance knows only what he's seen on T.V. Cast into the world, he stumbles into the inner circle of governmental power brokers (including Melvyn Douglas in his second Oscar®-winning role) eager for "sage wisdom." As Chance might say, you'll like to watch.