Being There (film)

Being There is a 1979 American film directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas and Shirley MacLaine.

The film is based on the novel from 1971 by Jerzy Kosinski, who along with Robert c. Jones was also responsible for the screenplay. The film was a commercial success in cinemas and spent $ 30.177.511 on. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar for best supporting actor. Peter Sellers got a Golden Globe in the category best actor. It was the last film of Peter Sellers, who died a year later.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Chance is a middle-aged man who works as a gardener for a wealthy man in Washington D.C.. The somewhat simple Chance has lived his entire life in the House and has no notion of the world outside its protected environment. All he knows of the outside world comes from the television sets throughout the House.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Production
 * 3.1 Actors
 * 3.2 Locations
 * 3.3 Recordings
 * 4 Music
 * 5 Prices

As the owner of the House and garden dies, is Chance on the street. Dressed in his old-fashioned clothes, with Hat and umbrella in the outside world, he runs with a remote control. If Chance after a long walk from a store that sells TVs he sees himself on one of the tv screens. A camera above the shop films him and gives the closed-circuit television pictures of the shop. Fascinated are watching Chance himself on the screen and does not notice that a car gets closer. He is hit by a car of the wealthy businessman Ben edge. Eve Edge, the wife of Ben, let Chance to bring the Rands House to recover.

Soon the first misunderstandings arise. If Chance his name: ' Chance the Gardener ' (Chance, the gardener) is this by Eve and Ben understood as "Chauncey Gardiner". If Chance then tells that he is out of his home is thrown by a lawyer, thinks that ' Chauncey ' a wealthy businessman with financial problems that is ripped off by his lawyers. Edge decides to take care about Chance, especially if this turns out to be a true philosopherwho does all sorts of manner and allegorical statements about business and economics. In reality babbles the simple Chance but what about his garden, but am sees everything as deep wisdom.

Am introduces Chance to the president of the US and also the latter sees Chance as a great and wise man. Chance is a media greatness and appears in all kinds of talk shows. The patron of Chance, Ben Edge, however, is dying and he decides to Chance in his testament. If border not long afterwards dies, the president speaks at his funeral. The directors of the Edge Group discuss about the possible successor to the president and everyone agrees that the Chance will be. The former gardener runs over the estate from rim. Suddenly the audience sees that Chance over the water by a small lake seems to run. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Production[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Actors<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After reading the book by Jerzy Kosinski did Peter Sellers a lot of trouble to get it to film. Sellers saw in the character of Chance a chance to finally put down a serious character. His career was in the early 1970s in the Creek and none of the major studios wanted to work with him. He approached Kosinski and director Hal Ashby repeatedly and regularly sent them postcards that were signed with ' Chance '. Sellers came back after the mid-1970s a revival of the Pink Panthermovies. Eventually this led to Sellers got the role of Chance.
 * Peter Sellers -Chance the gardener/Chauncey Gardiner
 * Melvyn Douglas -Ben Edge
 * Shirley MacLaine -Eve Rand
 * Jack Warden -the President
 * David Clennon -Thomas Franklin
 * Ruth Attaway -Louise
 * Denise DuBarry -Johanna Franklin
 * Richard a. Dysart -Dr. Robert Allenby

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Laurence Olivier was initially approached for the role of Ben edge. He found the scenario but nothing and saw little in a film in which his co-star had to masturbate. ===Locations<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film plays partly in the edge Mansion. For the recordings was used The Biltmore Mansion, 1 Approach Road, Asheville in North Carolina. It was also filmed in and near Craven Estate, 430 Madeline Avenue,Pasadena , California, Fenye Mansion in 470 w. Walnut Street, Pasadena, California, Mount Baker in Washington, and in Pasadena, California and Washington, D.C. ===Recordings<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">To the voice of Chance good to put down, listened Sellers to the voice of his idol, Stan Laurel. He took his own voice and repeatedly experimented with different styles and pitches.<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="309" style="line-height:1;"> [source?]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">An important element in the film are the television clips that appear on the various television sets in the House where Chance initially lives. They are the window to the spirit of Chance, a man who has never been faced with the outside world. The clips were selected by Diane Schroeder.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The last shot of the film shows Chance see runs on water. This scene has much criticism. Critic Roger Ebert wrote in his book 100 Great Movies that many people suggest that Chance about a hidden pier runs, but since Director Ashby no pier shows, we must accept that there is no pier as a viewer is. Originally was called scenario no walk over the water. Ashby himself came up with the idea when he discussed the film with a colleague. ' The filming is excellent, "said Ashby, ' runs ' as if you were on the clouds. This ruling made something in him awake. He would Chance portraying as a man who runs over water. ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The original music in the film was composed by Johnny Mandel and includes two piano themes based on Gnossienne No. 4 and Gnossienne No. 5 of Erik Satie. Furthermore, Also sprach Zarathustra by Eumir Deodatoto hear, an adaptation of Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. ==Prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Peter Sellers was awarded a Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy. He got an Oscarnomination in the category best actor. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar and a Golden Globe in the category of best supporting actor. The screenplay won a BAFTA in 1980 and was also nominated for a Golden Globe.