Directed by:
Hal AshbyCinematography:
Caleb DeschanelComposer:
Johnny MandelCast:
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, David Clennon, Fran Brill, Sam Weisman, Fredric Lehne (more)VOD (1)
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Based on Jerzy Kosinski's satirical novel about an illiterate gardener who has lived his entire life behind the walls of a Washington, D.C., house, his only knowledge of the world coming from the TV programs he watches. When his employer and protector dies, he is catapulted into the fast lane of political power. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Peter Sellers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267804_37afe6.jpg)
Peter Sellers
UK
Best movies:
![Shirley MacLaine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405852_36193d.jpg)
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
![Melvyn Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/250/164250594_d633ef.jpg)
Melvyn Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Ninotchka (1939)
![Jack Warden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267825_0857e1.jpg)
Jack Warden
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Being There (1979)
...And Justice for All (1979)
![Richard Dysart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/802/157802516_2ce59e.jpg)
Richard Dysart
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Being There (1979)
![Richard Basehart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455672_16653e.jpg)
Richard Basehart
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Road (1954)
Moby Dick (1956)
![David Clennon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342484_162832.png)
David Clennon
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Les Apparences (2014)
Being There (1979)
Fran Brill
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Midnight Run (1988)
What About Bob? (1991)
![Sam Weisman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271688_6c29c2.jpg)
Sam Weisman
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Loving Couples (1980)
![Fredric Lehne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280118_5f7ed9.jpg)
Fredric Lehne
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Being There (1979)
Ordinary People (1980)
![Elya Baskin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270675_0330f3.jpg)
Elya Baskin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
October Sky (1999)
![Hal Ashby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269905_3f38b0.jpg)
Hal Ashby
USA
Best movies:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Being There (1979)
Coming Home (1978)
![Sandy Ward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/606/161606519_c84a52.gif)
Sandy Ward
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Rose (1979)
Executive Action (1973)
Melendy Britt
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Lawyer (1970)
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) (TV movie)
![Basil Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480988_d27337.jpg)
Basil Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
All the President's Men (1976)
Ordinary People (1980)
![Richard Venture](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218386_931d6e.jpg)
Richard Venture
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
All the President's Men (1976)
Arthur Rosenberg
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Coming Home (1978)
Big Wednesday (1978)
Jerome Hellman
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Maurice Copeland
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Trading Places (1983)
Blow Out (1981)
![Hanna Hertelendy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375812_c0f997.jpg)
Hanna Hertelendy
Hungary
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)