Being There
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (10 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm).
"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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 864.
Other Authors:
Ashby, Hal, film director.
Braunsberg, Andrew, film producer.
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991, screenwriter.
Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.
MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor.
Warden, Jack, actor.
Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
Dysart, Richard, actor.
Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984, actor.
Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- director of photography.
Mandel, Johnny, composer (expression)
Zimmerman, Don, 1944- editor of moving image work.
Haller, Michael, production designer.
Routh, May, costume designer.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Being there.
Lorimar Productions, presenter, production company.
Northstar International (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Ashby, Hal, film director.
Braunsberg, Andrew, film producer.
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991, screenwriter.
Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.
MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor.
Warden, Jack, actor.
Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
Dysart, Richard, actor.
Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984, actor.
Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- director of photography.
Mandel, Johnny, composer (expression)
Zimmerman, Don, 1944- editor of moving image work.
Haller, Michael, production designer.
Routh, May, costume designer.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Being there.
Lorimar Productions, presenter, production company.
Northstar International (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 -- Film adaptations.
Gardeners -- Drama.
Social isolation -- Drama.
Political consultants -- Drama.
Business and politics -- Drama.
People with mental disabilities -- Drama.
Television viewers -- Drama.
Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 -- Film adaptations.
Gardeners -- Drama.
Social isolation -- Drama.
Political consultants -- Drama.
Business and politics -- Drama.
People with mental disabilities -- Drama.
Television viewers -- Drama.
Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG.
ISBN:
9781681432816
UPC: 715515195218
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD COMEDY Being | Northeast Indoors | Blu-ray Disc | In |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Restored 4K digital transfer.
Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Celeb Deschanel, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; 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 and The Don Lane Show; Promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; Trailer and TV spots; Deleted scene, outtakes, and an alternate ending; Plus an essay by critic Mark Harris.
Blu-ray disc.
Production designer, Michael Haller ; costumes designed by May Routh ; music, Johnny Mandel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); uncompressed monaural.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Restored 4K digital transfer.
Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Celeb Deschanel, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; 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 and The Don Lane Show; Promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; Trailer and TV spots; Deleted scene, outtakes, and an alternate ending; Plus an essay by critic Mark Harris.
Blu-ray disc.
Production designer, Michael Haller ; costumes designed by May Routh ; music, Johnny Mandel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); uncompressed monaural.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).