Academy Award for Best Actor for Being There
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The Academy Award for Best Actor for "Being There" is the Oscar nomination Peter Sellers received for his acclaimed performance as the simple-minded yet influential gardener Chance in the 1979 film.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Academy Award for Best Actor nomination
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film award nomination ⓘ |
| awardCategory | Academy Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCeremonyNumber | 52nd Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel Being There by Jerzy Kosiński ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Chance the gardener
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Chauncey Gardiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coStarsInFilm |
Melvyn Douglas
NERFINISHED
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Shirley MacLaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| directorOfFilm | Hal Ashby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDistributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy | Johnny Mandel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompany | Lorimar Film Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| genreOfFilm | satirical comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| languageOfFilm | English ⓘ |
| lostTo | Academy Award for Best Actor for Kramer vs. Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostToActor | Dustin Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedPerson | Peter Sellers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedWork | Being There NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of Peter Sellers’ most acclaimed performances ⓘ |
| portrays | a simple-minded but influential gardener ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| result | lost ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Jerzy Kosiński
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Robert C. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfCeremony | 1980 ⓘ |
| yearOfFilmRelease | 1979 ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Peter Sellers