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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 938 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

0790757230

Uniform titles:

Being there (Motion picture)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

791.4372

Production credits:

Music, Johnny Mandel ; executive producer, Jack Schwartzman ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.

Awards:

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Douglas), 1980.

Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.Summary: Isolated all his life in a Washington, DC townhouse, Chance knows only what he's seen on TV. Cast into the world, he stumbles into the inner circle of governmental power brokers eager for "sage wisdom." As Chance might say, you'll like to watch. Stars Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. (Warner Home Video)Summary: Circumstances propel a feeble-minded gardener, whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television, into becoming adviser to the president of the United States and a powerful but dying tycoon.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0658 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050095647

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85).

Special features: interactive menus, cast/filmmaker profiles, theatrical trailer, scene access, awards list.

Run time: approx. 130 min.

DVD.

English and French language soundtracks (Dolby mono) ; optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Douglas), 1980.

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