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Being There
Director:
Hal Ashby
(Dir)
Release Date:
1979
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 20 Dec 1979; Los Angeles opening: 21 Dec 1979
Duration (in mins):
120
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Cast:
Peter Sellers
(Chance)
Shirley MacLaine
(Eve Rand)
Melvyn Douglas
(Benjamin Rand)
Jack Warden
(President "Bobby")
Richard Dysart
(Dr. Robert Allenby)
Summary:
Production Company:
Lorimar Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Distribution Company:
United Artists Corp.
(Transamerica Corp.)
Director:
Hal Ashby
(Dir)
Producer:
Andrew Braunsberg
(Prod)
Writer:
Jerzy Kosinski
(Scr)
Photography:
Caleb Deschanel
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Michael Haller
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Don Zimmerman
(Film ed)
Music:
John Mandel
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
PG
Country:
Germany (West) and United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the novel
Being There
by Jerzy Kosinski (New York, 1971).
Authors:
Jerzy Kosinski
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Lorimar Film- und Fernsehproduktion, G.m.b.H.
16/7/1980
dd/mm/yyyy
PA73699
Physical Properties:
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Genre:
Comedy
Note:
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
17 Dec 1979
p. 3.
Los Angeles Times
20 Dec 1979
p. 36.
New York Times
20 Dec 1979
p. 20.
Variety
19 Dec 1979
p. 19.
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