Sunday, November 27, 2022
Being There
- Commentary: Under construction.
Roger Ebert reviewed this movie twice. The first time he christened it at one of his Great Movies (review attached to the title of this post). In an unusual move, his second review was published after his christening review.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Peter Sellers Chance the Gardner Shirley MacLaine Eve Rand Melvyn Douglas Ben Rand Richard Dysart Dr. Robert Allenby Jack Warden President Richard Basehart Vladimir Skrapinov Than Wyenn Ambassador Gaufridi David Clennon Thomas Franklin Fran Brill Sally Hayes Ruth Attaway Louise Denise DuBarry Johanna Sam Weisman Colson Alice Hirson First Lady Arthur Rosenberg Morton Hull Jerome Hellman Gary Burns James Noble Kaufman
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1979
Directed by Hal Ashby.
Labels: Criterion5, jack-warden, satire3, shirley-maclaine
