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Being There 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Studio: Warner Brothers Catalog: DVD Release date: 2001-04-03 Media: DVD released in theatres: 1979-12-19 Running time in minutes: 130 DVD aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Picture format: Academy Ratio Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, Subtitled, NTSC DVD Region code: 1 DVD layers: 2 DVD sides: 1 released in theatres: 1979-12-19 Ean: 9780790757230 Book Isbn: 0790757230 Upc: 775744087081  Tip: compare prices with similar DVDsActors:
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 Written on February 9, 2008 Summary: back when movies were better I believe this movie was made in 1979/ released in 1980....perhaps PS last great movie...i believe he made one more after this..... see other reviews for the plot.....ITS FUN....RECOMMENDED!!!!! Written on September 26, 2007 Summary: Peter Sellers LOL If you love the Pink Panther Series and enjoy Peter Sellers, you will most definitly love his Oscar-worthy performance in this movie. It is beyond genious!!! Written on September 18, 2007 Summary: Being There Peter Sellers best performance! Extremely funny and thought provoking film that is as refreshing and relevant today as when it was first released. Written on September 6, 2007 Summary: Touching story, excellent acting, great social satire Peter Sellers at his best. It is a shame he did not win an Oscar for his performance. Played an innocent simpleton to a tee. The script was also excellent but only an actor of Seller's repute could carry it off to the extent he did. Supporting cast excellent also. The movie was also wonderful social satire on how the simpleton, despite his innocence, without effort or conscious thought weaves his way through a world filled with social parasites and other forms of scum and gets the better of them all. Written on August 30, 2007 Summary: The High Art of Being There in the Right Time This is one of the films that make you think about it long after the credits were gone and Rafael finally received his message. What was it? The comedy? Political satire? The Drama? Gospel according Jerry, Hal and Peter? What is it about Chance the Gardner aka Chauncey Gardiner (Peter Sellers) simple minded, possibly retarded character that everyone admires so much? It is a prophetic film - how often we've seen individuals that have been elevated to high political office for simply looking good and smiling nice on television. It is a story of a man who was an embodiment of purity and child-like innocence of such high concentration that he could be called a retard - depending on your state of mind. Chance is always himself - he never pretends to be something other than a gardener. All he wants is to watch TV and work in a garden taking care of the plants and flowers. Having meals on time would not hurt, either. Whatever happened to Chance only happened because he was there - in the right time in the right place. But was it a right time and place for anybody? Was Chance the answer to the problems the country was going through? Of course, not. I agree with the comments that the society has the rulers it deserves - if we believe that Chance's messages are profound and deep, we very much deserve him as our leader. It is very sad film, I think. It has many hilarious scenes, jokes, and dialogs but it is not a comedy, and not a feel good movie. It is a sublime, intelligent meditation on very serious matters - politics and media and how they relate to each other; the great power of being there and projecting the image the public wants to admire and follow. How easy is it for us to be fooled, especially when we want to be fooled? Peter Sellers is magnificent. I don't think that anybody else could've done what he did with the character. I also liked a lot Melvyn Douglas' Oscar winning performance as a dying billionaire, the frail and old but the strong and wise man who realizes that the time has come for him to go. |
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| Catalog | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| Release date | 2001-04-03 | 2000-06-27 | 2001-02-27 | 2001-12-11 | 2001-04-10 | 2004-04-06 |
| Media | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| released in theatres | 1979-12-19 | 1971-12-20 | 1964-01-29 | 1968-04-04 | 1967-06-19 | 1964-06-23 |
| Running time in minutes | 130 | 91 | 93 | 99 | 102 | 520 |
| DVD aspect ratio | 1.85:1 | 1.85:1 | 1.33:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.35:1 |
| Audience Rating | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Unrated | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Picture format | Academy Ratio | - | Pan & Scan | - | Letterbox | - |
| Format | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, Subtitled, NTSC | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC | Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Dolby, NTSC |
| DVD Region code | 1 | 1 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DVD layers | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| DVD sides | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ean | 9780790757230 | 9786305882596 | 9780767863728 | 9780792851592 | 9780792849391 | 9780792860129 |
| Book Isbn | 0790757230 | 6305882592 | 0767863720 | 0792851595 | 0792849396 | 0792860128 |
| Upc | 775744087081 | 097360804249 | 043396061873 | 027616869340 | 027616860415 | 027616902887 |
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