Being There Not rated yet! Being There 19792 h 10 min Click an icon to see more Overview 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. Metadata Director Hal Ashby Runtime 2 h 10 min Release Date 19 December 1979 Details Movie Media — Movie Status — Movie Rating — Images No images were imported for this movie. Actors Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon, Fran Brill, Denise DuBarry, Alice Hirson, Jerome Hellman, John Harkins, James Noble