Being there

DVD 1978

Chance is a pure-hearted gardener forced out of moneyed seclusion and into the urban wilds of Washington, D.C., after the death of his employer. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles haplessly into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon who mistakes his new protégé's mumbling about horticulture for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife targets Ch...

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ISBN:

9781681432823

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (130 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital monaural
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
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 and the Don Lane show; Promo reel featuring sellers and Ashby; Trailer and TV spots; Deleted scene, outtakes, and an alternate ending; Plus: an essay by critic Mark Harris
Melvyn Douglas, Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden
DVD ; fullscreen presentation ; Dolby Digital monaural
For private home use only
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

2025609

UPC:

715515195317
883929064601

Other Authors:

Ashby, Hal, film director
Braunsberg, Andrew, film producer
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Douglas, Melvyn, actor
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991, screenwriter
MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor
Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor
Warden, Jack, actor

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