Being There

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comedy-drama film film novel satirical film

Being There is a 1979 satirical comedy-drama film starring Peter Sellers as a simple-minded gardener whose naive remarks are mistaken for profound wisdom in American political circles.

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Label Occurrences
Being There canonical 13
Being There (1979 film) 1
Being There (novel) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
author Jerzy Kosinski ⓘ
surface form: Jerzy Kosiński
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Being There ⓘ
basedOn Being There self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Being There (novel)
character Benjamin Rand ⓘ
Chance the gardener ⓘ
Eve Rand ⓘ
President Bobby ⓘ
cinematographyBy Caleb Deschanel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Hal Ashby ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Don Zimmerman ⓘ
filmingLocation Biltmore Estate ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTheme misinterpretation of simplicity as wisdom ⓘ
television and mediated reality ⓘ
leadActorRole Peter Sellers ⓘ
surface form: Peter Sellers as Chance the gardener
mainSubject United States politics ⓘ
surface form: American politics

celebrity culture ⓘ
media influence ⓘ
musicBy Johnny Mandel ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actor for Being There ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
notableFor final walking-on-water scene ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays simple-minded gardener mistaken for political sage ⓘ
producer Andrew Braunsberg ⓘ
publicationYear 1979 ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-12-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 130 ⓘ
screenwriter Jerzy Kosinski ⓘ
surface form: Jerzy Kosiński

Robert C. Jones ⓘ
setIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
starring Jack Warden ⓘ
Melvyn Douglas ⓘ
Peter Sellers ⓘ
Richard Basehart ⓘ
Richard Dysart ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
title Being There self-link ⓘ

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Hal Ashby → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
Hal Ashby → directed → Being There ⓘ
Johnny Mandel → wroteMusicFor → Being There ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Being There"
Shirley MacLaine → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
Caleb Deschanel → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
Melvyn Douglas → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
Jack Warden → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
Ashby → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
subject surface form: Hal Ashby
Being There → title → Being There self-link ⓘ
Being There → basedOn → Being There self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Being There (novel)
Peter Sellers → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
William Hal Ashby → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
William Hal Ashby → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
this entity surface form: Being There (1979 film)
Robert C. Jones → notableWork → Being There ⓘ
Robert C. Jones → workedOn → Being There ⓘ
Jack Schwartzman → workedOn → Being There ⓘ