Being There (1980)

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NR | Comedy | Now Playing

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Theatrical Release
2/1/1980

Director	Credit
Hal Ashby	Director
Cast	Credit
Peter Sellers	Chance
Shirley MacLaine	Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas	Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden	President
Richard Dysart	Dr Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart	Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway	Louise
David Clennon	Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill	Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry	Johanna Franklin
Oteil Burbridge	Lolo--Boy on Corner
Ravenell Keller III	Abbaz--Kid with Knife
Brian Corrigan	Policeman by White House
Alfredine Brown	Old Woman Asked for Lunch
Donald Jacob	David--The Chauffeur
Ernest McClure	Jeffrey--The Liveryman
Kenneth G Patterson	Perkins--the Butler
Richard Venture	Wilson--Chance's Valet
Arthur Grundy	Arthur--Rand's Valet
W C Burton ('Mutt')	Lewis--The Doorman
Henry B Dawkins	Billings--X-Ray Technician
Georgine Hall	Mrs Aubrey--Rand's Secretary
Nell P Leaman	Nurse Constance
Alice Hirson	First Lady
James Noble	Presidential Adviser Kaufman
Timothy Shaner	Presidential Aide
William F Williams	Presidential Aide
William Dance	Presidential Aide
Jim Arr	Presidential Aide
William Lubin	Presidential Aide
Gerald C McNabb Jr	Agent Woltz
Hoyt Clark Harris Jr	Agent Riff
Ned Wilson	Honeycutt--Agency
Stanley Grover	Baldwin Bureau
John Harkins	Courtney--Financial Editor
Katherine DeHetre	News Researcher Kinney
William Larsen	Lyman Stuart
Jerome Hellman	Gary Burns
Arthur Rosenberg	Morton Hull
Sam Weisman	Colson--Television Makeup Man
Fredric Lehne	Television Page With Glass of Water
Gwen Humble	TV Guest
Laurie Jefferson	TV Reporter
Allen Williams	Other Reporter
Janet Meshad	Other Reporter
Melendy Britt	Sophie
Hanna Hertelendy	Natasha Skrapinov
Elya Baskin	Russian Aide Karpatov
Than Wyenn	Ambassador Gaufridi
Richard McKenzie	Ron Steigfler--Book Publisher
Sandy Ward	Senator Slipshod
Danna Hansen	Mrs Slipshod
Mitch Kreindel	Dennis Watson
Villa Mae P Barkley	Nurse Teresa
Richard Seff	Pallberer Dudley
Terrence Currier	Pallbearer
Leon Greenberg	Pallbearer
Austin Hay	Pallbearer
Mark Hammer	Pallbearer
Maurice Copeland	Pallbearer
Production Credits	Credit
Andrew Braunsberg	Producer
Jack Schwartzman	Executive Producer
Charles Mulvehill	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Lorimar Film Entertainment Picture	Production Company
CIP Filmproduktions	Production Company
CIP-Europaische Treuhand AG, Ger	Production Company
Northstar International	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
ITC Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Jerzy Kosinski	Screenplay
Jerzy Kosinski	Novel as Source Material
Art Department	Credit
James Schoppe	Art Director - art direction
Robert R Benton	Set Decorator
Michael Haller	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Lynn Stalmaster	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Nick McLean	Camera Operator
Louis Mahler	Video Playback - video playback operator
Donald Hansard	Camera Coordinator - process photography coordinator
Caleb Deschanel	Director of Photography
Dianne Schroeder	Photography - special photography
Dianne Schroeder	Video - video sequence selection
Dianne Schroeder	Video - video sequence research
Sidney R Baldwin	Photography - stills
Peter Martinez	Video Playback - video playback operator
Don Mischer	Video - video extract
Music	Credit
Eumir Deodato	Music Performer
Eumir Deodato	Music Arranger
Johnny Mandel	Music
Richard Strauss	Music - music extract
Erik Satie	Music
Production Management	Credit
Teresa Stokovic	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Spencer Quinn	Location Manager
Charles Mulvehill	Production Manager
Edle Bakke	Script Supervisor
David Shamroy Hamburger	Assistant Director
Toby Lovallo	Assistant Director
Mark Warner	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Beverly Walker	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Frank Warner	Sound Effects Editor - sound effects editor supervisor
Jeffrey S Wexler	Sound - sound recording
Norval D Crutcher	Sound Effects Editor
Donald O Mitchell	Sound - sound rerecording
Gary Gerlich	Sound Effects Editor
Samuel C Crutcher	Sound Effects Editor
Victoria Martin	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Pablo Ferro	Titles - title design
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Vivienne Walker	Hair - hairstyles
Charles Schram	Makeup
May Routh	Costumes
Frank Westmore	Makeup
Tony Faso	Costumes
Edie Panda	Hair - hairstyles
Richard Mahoney	Costumes
Suzanne Grace	Costumes

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