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Being there / Lorimar presents ; a Northstar International picture ; an Andrew Braunsberg production ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 864.
- The Criterion collection ; 864
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991--Film adaptations.
- Kosinski, Jerzy.
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991.
- Gardeners--Drama.
- Gardeners.
- Social isolation--Drama.
- Social isolation.
- Political consultants--Drama.
- Political consultants.
- Business and politics--Drama.
- Business and politics.
- People with mental disabilities--Drama.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Television viewers--Drama.
- Television viewers.
- Washington (D.C.)--Drama.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Genre:
- Comedy films.
- Satirical films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (color illustrations ; 19 cm).
- DVD video 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Two-DVD special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital optical monaural Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- "In one of his most finely tuned performances, Peter Sellers plays the pure-hearted, childlike Chance, a gardener who is forced into the wilds of Washington, D.C., when his wealthy guardian dies. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon (Melvyn Douglas, in an Oscar-winning performance), who mistakes his protégé's horticultural mumblings for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife (Shirley MacLaine) targets Chance as the object of her desire. Adapted from a novel by Jerzy Kosinski, this satire, both deeply melancholy and hilarious, is the culmination of Hal Ashy's remarkable string of films in the 1970s and a carefully modulated examination of the ideals, anxieties and media-fueled delusions that shaped American culture during that decade"--Container.
- Contents:
- Disc one. [Feature film]
- disc two. [Special features].
- Participant:
- Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel; editor, Don Zimmerman; music, Johnny Mandel; production designer, Michael Haller; costumes, May Routh.
- Notes:
- Title from title frame.
- Based on Being there / by Jerzy Kosinski.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1979.
- Restored 4K digital transfer.
- 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 Show and The Don Lane Show; promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; original theatrical trailer and TV spots; deleted scenes, outtakes, and an alternate ending; plus an essay by critic Mark Harris (in insert).
- ISBN:
- 9781681432823
- 168143282X
- OCLC:
- 971553385
- Publisher Number:
- 715515195317
- CC2745DDVD The Criterion Collection
- CC2745D The Criterion Collection
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