Being There (1979)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Hal Ashby

Escritores:

Jerzy Kosinski (novel)
Jerzy Kosinski (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 diciembre 1979 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Comedia

Frase comercial:

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!

Plot:

Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity.

Plot Keywords:

Gardener | Television | Political | Businessman | Washington D.C.

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Perhaps one of the saddest movies ever made?

Reparto

Peter Sellers	...	Chance
Shirley MacLaine	...	Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas	...	Benjamin Turnbull 'Ben' Rand
Jack Warden	...	President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart	...	Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart	...	Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway	...	Louise
David Clennon	...	Thomas Franklin (as Dave Clennon)
Fran Brill	...	Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry	...	Johanna Franklin
Oteil Burbridge	...	Lolo
Ravenell Keller III	...	Abbaz
Brian Corrigan	...	Policeman by White House
Alfredine P. Brown	...	Old Woman asked for lunch (as Alfredine Brown)
Donald Jacob	...	David

También conocida como:

Chance
Desde el jardín (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Bienvenido, Mr. Chance (Spain) [es]

Duración:

130 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Ruso | Italiano

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Netherlands:AL | South Africa:PG | Finland:K-11 (2001: new rating) | Finland:K-12 (before new act of 2001) | France:U | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2003) | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:AA (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (1980) | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:6 | Canada:14A | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L

Locaciones de Filmación:

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Compañía:

BSB

Trivialidades:

The Mansion used in the movie was The Biltmore Mansion in North Carolina.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Eve enters Chance's room as he is eating breakfast in bed, the napkin beneath his chin changes position back and forth between shots.

Citas:

[first lines]
Chance the Gardener: Good morning, Louise.
Louise: He's dead, Chance. The old man's dead.
Chance the Gardener: I see.
[Chance goes back to watching TV]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Lesch & Co.: Quantität und Qualität (#1.4)" (2002)

Banda de Sonido:

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Perhaps one of the saddest movies ever made?

To learn that Peter Sellers spent the last ten years of his life dedicated to producing this film, reluctantly taking parts in the Pink Panther series to gain enough money to do so, is dedication enough to tell you that this film meant a lot to Sellers.

It is sad that Sellers died just one year after completing the film, which to me stands as a testament to his talent.

Being There was not a successful film, indeed many people have never heard of it. If you haven't seen it, track it down. It is one of the most touching films I have ever seen.