The Resource Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby, (DVD)
Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby, (DVD)
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The item Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby, (DVD) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network.
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- Summary
- Chance is a secluded gardener who has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Deluxe ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (130 min.)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
- Special features: "Memories from Being there" featurette; theatrical trailer
- Isbn
- 9781419873294
- Label
- Being there
- Title
- Being there
- Statement of responsibility
- BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Chance is a secluded gardener who has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Johnny Mandel
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: PG
- Language note
- English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- LC call number
- PN1997
- LC item number
- .B45 2009
- PerformerNote
- Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehard, Ruth Attaway, Dave Clennon
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
-
- 1933-1991
- 1925-1980
- 1934-
- 1914-1984
- 1933-1991
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Braunsberg, Andrew
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Ashby, Hal
- Sellers, Peter
- MacLaine, Shirley
- Douglas, Melvyn
- Warden, Jack
- Dysart, Richard
- Basehart, Richard
- Attaway, Ruth
- Clennon, Dave
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- BSB (Firm)
- CIP (Firm)
- Lorimar Film Entertainment
- NatWest Ventures
- Northstar (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Runtime
- 130
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gardeners
- Social isolation
- Married people
- Male friendship
- Business and politics
- Comedy films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby, (DVD)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
- Special features: "Memories from Being there" featurette; theatrical trailer
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- monaural
- Control code
- ocn297238430
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Deluxe ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (130 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781419873294
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929037094
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- 1000042577
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)297238430
- System details
- DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital mono
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Being there, BSB ; CIP ; Lorimar Film Entertainment ; NatWest Ventures ; Northstar ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski ; directed by Hal Ashby, (DVD)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
- Special features: "Memories from Being there" featurette; theatrical trailer
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- monaural
- Control code
- ocn297238430
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Deluxe ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (130 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781419873294
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929037094
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- 1000042577
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)297238430
- System details
- DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital mono
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Business and politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Feature films
- Gardeners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Male friendship -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Married people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Social isolation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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