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Being There
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Hal Ashby
Screenplay by
Jerzy Kosiński[a]
Based on
Being There 1970 novel by Jerzy Kosiński
Produced by
Andrew Braunsberg
Starring
Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Melvyn Douglas Jack Warden Richard Dysart Richard Basehart
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Edited by
Don Zimmerman
Music by
Johnny Mandel
Production company
Lorimar Productions
Distributed by
United Artists
Release date
December 19, 1979 (1979-12-19)
Running time
130 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$7 million[2]
Box office
$30.2 million (US)[3]
Being There is a 1979 American satirical comedy-drama film starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby, it is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński, and adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, and Richard Basehart are featured in support.
Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor.[4] The screenplay won the British Academy Film Award for Best Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected Being There for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6][7]
^Kaufman, Debra (March 1, 2014). "Robert C. Jones: 2014 ACE Career Achievement Award Honoree". Cinemontage. Motion Picture Editors Guild. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
^Beach, Christopher (2009). The Films of Hal Ashby. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-8143-3415-7.
^"The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org.
^Barnes, Mike (December 16, 2015). "'Ghostbusters,' 'Top Gun,' 'Shawshank' Enter National Film Registry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
^"2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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