Being There (1979) (PG)

Quicklook Rating★★★½

synopsis

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. After a run-in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman and her husband Ben , an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.

MovieGoer Review

Being There, Hal Ashby's 1979 adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski's novel, is a delightfully dark comedy that, despite a cynical bent, offers viewers a good time. At the heart of Being There's popularity is a recognition that even the most simple-... MORE

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synopsis

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. After a run-in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman and her husband Ben , an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.

MovieGoer Review

Being There, Hal Ashby's 1979 adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski's novel, is a delightfully dark comedy that, despite a cynical bent, offers viewers a good time. At the heart of Being There's popularity is a recognition that even the most simple-... MORE