Being There (1979)

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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.

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The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

Being There is 4497 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -54 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than The Matrix Resurrections but less popular than The Legend of Hei.

Rank		Title
4493.		Land	-48
4494.		Cosmic Dawn	+16
4495.		No Way Home	+16
4496.		The Legend of Hei	-60
4497.		Being There	-54
4498.		The Matrix Resurrections	-60
4499.		Elite Squad: The Enemy Within	+7
4500.		Dogs	-61
4501.		The Tamarind Seed	+6

Streaming charts last updated: 21:23, 10/05/2026

Cast

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Chance

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

Louise

David Clennon

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill

Fran Brill

Sally Hayes

Denise DuBarry

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

John Harkins

John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble

James Noble

Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel

Mitch Kreindel

Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge

Oteil Burbridge

Lolo

Richard Venture

Richard Venture

Wilson

Sam Weisman

Sam Weisman

Colson

Elya Baskin

Elya Baskin

Karpatov

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

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