Being there
(2017)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Call Numbers:
BLU-RAY/DRAMA/BEING

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies BLU-RAY/DRAMA/BEING Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
EDITION
Special edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781681432816, 1681432811 :, 0715515195218 CC2744BD, 1681432811, 9781681432816, 715515195218
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979

Chance is a pure-hearted gardener forced out of moneyed seclusion and into the urban wilds of Washington, D.C., after the death of his employer. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles haplessly into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon who mistakes his new protégé's mumbling about horticulture for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife targets Chance as the object of her desire

Wide screen (1.85:1)

Special features: new documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby; author Jerzy Kosinksi in a 1979 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show; appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC's today and the Don Lane show; promo reel featuring sellers and Ashby; trailer and TV spots; deleted scene, outtakes, and an alternate ending; plus: an essay by critic Mark Harris

Melvyn Douglas, Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine

MPAA rating: PG

Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

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