Being There

1979 · directed by Hal Ashby

Rating

86/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Criterion

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.

Being There (1979), directed by Hal Ashby, rates 86/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Peter Sellers
• Shirley MacLaine
• Melvyn Douglas
• Jack Warden
• Richard Dysart
• Richard Basehart
• Ruth Attaway
• David Clennon
• Fran Brill
• Denise DuBarry

Crew

• Caleb Deschanel — Director of Photography
• Don Zimmerman — Editor
• Johnny Mandel — Original Music Composer
• Jerzy Kosiński — Screenplay

More from Hal Ashby

1. The Last Detail (1973) — 78/100
2. Harold and Maude (1971) — 76/100
3. Bound for Glory (1976) — 73/100
4. Coming Home (1978) — 72/100
5. The Landlord (1970) — 72/100
6. Shampoo (1975) — 65/100

How these numbers work: Methodology