Overview
A simple-minded gardener named Chance 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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1980) and the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor (1980)
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Box office
Grossed $30.2M worldwide
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Based on
Based on the novel Being There
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Filming locations
Filmed in North Carolina
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Setting
Set in Washington, D.C.
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Music
Music by Johnny Mandel
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Caleb Deschanel
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jerzy KosińskiNovel, Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 19, 1979
- Original language
- English
- Revenue
- $30.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Peter SellersChance
Shirley MacLaineEve Rand
Melvyn DouglasBenjamin Rand
Jack WardenPresident 'Bobby'
Richard DysartDr. Robert Allenby
Richard BasehartVladimir Skrapinov
Ruth AttawayLouise
David ClennonThomas Franklin
Fran BrillSally Hayes- Denise DuBarryJohanna Franklin
Alice HirsonFirst Lady
Jerome HellmanGary Burns
John HarkinsSidney Courtney
James NobleKaufman
Mitch KreindelDennis Watson
Oteil BurbridgeLolo
Richard VentureWilson
Sam WeismanColson
Elya BaskinKarpatov
Hal AshbyMan at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
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