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Being there (Motion picture : 1979)

Being there / Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby.

Two-DVD special edition.

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

©1979.

2 videodiscs (130 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. stamping

digital optical

NTSC

video file region 1

DVD video

"In one of his most finely tuned performances, Peter Sellers plays the pure-hearted, childlike Chance, a gardener who is forced into the wilds of Washington, D.C., when his wealthy guardian dies. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon (Melvyn Douglas, in an Oscar-winning performance), who mistakes his protégé's horticultural mumblings for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife (Shirley MacLaine) targets Chance as the object of her desire. Adapted from a novel by Jerzy Kosinski, this satire, both deeply melancholy and hilarious, is the culmination of Hal Ashy's remarkable string of films in the 1970s and a carefully modulated examination of the ideals, anxieties and media-fueled delusions that shaped American culture during that decade"--Container.

MPAA rating: PG.

The Criterion collection ; 864

Criterion collection ; 864.

Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 -- Film adaptations.

Gardeners -- Drama.

Social isolation -- Drama.

Political consultants -- Drama.

Business and politics -- Drama.

People with mental disabilities -- Drama.

Television viewers -- Drama.

Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.

Comedy films.

Satirical films.

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Ashby, Hal, film director.

Braunsberg, Andrew, film producer.

Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991, screenwriter.

Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- director of photography.

Mandel, Johnny, composer (expression)

Zimmerman, Don, editor of moving image work.

Haller, Michael, production designer.

Routh, May, costume designer.

Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.

MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor.

Warden, Jack, actor.

Douglas, Melvyn, actor.

Dysart, Richard, actor.

Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Being there.

Lorimar Productions, presenter, production company.

Northstar International (Firm), production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.

Restored 4K digital transfer.

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 Show and The Don Lane Show; Promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; Trailer and TV spots; Deleted scenes, outtakes, and an alternate ending; Plus an essay by critic Mark Harris.

Production designer, Michael Haller ; costumes designed by May Routh ; music, Johnny Mandel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural.

In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features].

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