FILMBTBeing There1979
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Being There
Comedy-drama film with a runtime of 130 minutes, released in 1979. Presented in English.
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Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning Peter Sellers plays Chauncey Gardener, an idiot savant gardener whose rich employer dies, casting him into a world he's totally unprepared for. Falling in by chance with Shirley MacLaine and her rich, dying husband Melvyn Douglas (who won the Oscar for his performance), his simple homilies on gardening are seized on by Washington's great and good, right up to President, as pearls of wisdom and soon, it is his thoughts that are dictating the country's policies in Hal Ashby's gentle but barbed political satire.
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How long is Being There?
Being There runs for 2h 10m.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of film is this?
It is tagged under comedy-drama, adaptation, satire.
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