Being There Comments

  • Mittie 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    Very interesting story, very well performed. A gardener who has never experienced society, a middle-aged man who is naive and stupid and only loves watching TV, has become a man in the United States by accident. In one situation, the boss's friend, his simplest words are interpreted by everyone, his identity is investigated by everyone, and his winter to spring is considered a political philosophy....

  • Eleanora 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    Life is a state of...

  • Rickey 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    . . Anyway, I didn't think it was that good. . He didn't know what he meant by what he said, but his reaction was so decent. . How a person who likes watching TV but can't understand what it means is only body language to say that he likes watching. . . Is this a satire on TV or a satire on high society. ....

  • Idella 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    It looks like a successful learning inspirational drama for stupid people, but it is actually a rather sharp political satire. Some paragraphs are really exciting, I am afraid that the truth will be exposed, but it will not, because the real stupidity It's not ignorance, it's that people who think they're stupid are smart, especially when this opinion comes from a political leader, groupthink follows suit, and the irony is that even people who know the truth start to think about themselves....

  • Athena 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    Quietly ironic, with an interesting ending, an amazing...

  • Jasper 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    After reading it is a minister or a prime minister, and then looking at the political satire here, I only feel that it is naive and unbelievable, and it is all supported by Peter Sellers' acting skills. Like Caspar's bad boy Bobby, Peter Sellers' role is a mirror of the rich and politicians, reflecting the gentleman's cultivation and incompetence of the rich. Anyone who relies on the mirror to strengthen the positive image of the rich will not feel it. very fake? It's a waste of Peter Sellers'...

  • Howell 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    Great disappointment, the story is completely untenable, and it is not funny at all. As a comedy, the rhythm is too slow to be weird. The viewing process is about two hours on the blackboard with a fingernail. Looking for a five-star friend to...

  • Buddy 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    The more serious, traditional, and square scheduling, the more ironic the shots and the composition, the more ironic the feeling will be. It can only be said that it has been ironic to the extreme. Chance can finally stand on the water and it makes...

  • Andres 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    The posthumous work of the comedian Peter Sellers, the tepid film rhythm is the most test of performance skills. Peter Sellers performed an absurd comedy heartily with his acting skills without the slightest exaggeration and no pretence at all. Of course, the biggest highlight is the director's satire on the politics at that time. Business tycoons and even the president of the country have to rely on a person with intellectual disability who only watches TV and isolates himself from the world....

  • Precious 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    A gardener who has never left the garden since he was a child who has never had any identity registration, knows nothing about the world, only knows things about the season and the garden, but is considered by most people to be a mysterious master. At the funeral of the last Financial Street leader, when the political giants were carrying the coffin, they said that those who support the current president in the next election are fools, indicating that the gardener Chauncey Gasil will become the...

Extended Reading
  • Bell 2021-12-31 08:02:04

    The original prototype

    The simplest is often the wisest.

    In the eyes of a simple person, everything is simple. Even if the way to get the source of information is television.


    The ending of this movie is the best I have ever seen.

    Thinking of the legend of Jesus walking on the water, thinking that Mr. Gardener might fall...

  • Aletha 2022-03-24 09:02:13

    This is a comedy~

    It's a comedy - but it's not the kind that floods the afterlife.
    This movie is a different kind of story than Gogol's envoy.
    I in Gogol would call it an allegory, and this film I would prefer to call it a miracle.
    The film uses a lot of references and metaphors. Of course, I'm not just talking...

Being There quotes

  • President "Bobby": Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives?

    [Long pause]

    Chance the Gardener: As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden.

    President "Bobby": In the garden.

    Chance the Gardener: Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.

    President "Bobby": Spring and summer.

    Chance the Gardener: Yes.

    President "Bobby": Then fall and winter.

    Chance the Gardener: Yes.

    Benjamin Rand: I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we're upset by the seasons of our economy.

    Chance the Gardener: Yes! There will be growth in the spring!

    Benjamin Rand: Hmm!

    Chance the Gardener: Hmm!

    President "Bobby": Hm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I've heard in a very, very long time.

    [Benjamin Rand applauds]

    President "Bobby": I admire your good, solid sense. That's precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill.

  • Ron Steigler: Mr. Gardner, uh, my editors and I have been wondering if you would consider writing a book for us, something about your um, political philosophy, what do you say?

    Chance the Gardener: I can't write.

    Ron Steigler: Heh, heh, of course not, who can nowadays? Listen, I have trouble writing a postcard to my children. Look uhh, we can give you a six figure advance, I'll provide you with the very best ghost-writer, proof-readers...

    Chance the Gardener: I can't read.

    Ron Steigler: Of course you can't! No one has the time! We, we glance at things, we watch television...

    Chance the Gardener: I like to watch TV.

    Ron Steigler: Oh, oh, oh sure you do. No one reads!

Being There

Director: Hal Ashby

Language: English,Russian,Italian Release date: February 8, 1980