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Being there / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby.
Annenberg Library - Reserve VHS PS3561.O8 B4522 1980z
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991--Film adaptations.
- Kosinski, Jerzy.
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991.
- Savants (Savant syndrome)--Washington (D.C.)--Drama.
- Savants (Savant syndrome).
- Gardeners--Washington (D.C.)--Drama.
- Gardeners.
- Television viewers--Washington (D.C.)--Drama.
- Television viewers.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (130 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Burbank, CA] : [Warner Home Video], [between 1980 and 1989?]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- 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.
- Participant:
- Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel; editor, Don Zimmerman; music by Johnny Mandel.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel Being there / by Jerzy Kosinski.
- VHS of the motion picture produced in 1979.
- OCLC:
- 21213206
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