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2 videodiscs (130 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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4 3/4 in. stamping rda |
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digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file region 1 rda |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 864 |
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Criterion collection ; 864.
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| Production Credits |
Production designer, Michael Haller ; costumes designed by May Routh ; music, Johnny Mandel ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. |
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Restored 4K digital transfer. |
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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; Trailer and TV spots; Deleted scenes, outtakes, and an alternate ending; Plus an essay by critic Mark Harris. |
| Contents |
Disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features]. |
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DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Cast |
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart. |
| 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. |
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MPAA rating: PG. |
| Language |
In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991 -- Film adaptations.
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Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. fast (OCoLC)fst01427578 |
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Gardeners -- Drama.
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Social isolation -- Drama.
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Political consultants -- Drama.
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Business and politics -- Drama.
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People with mental disabilities -- Drama.
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Television viewers -- Drama.
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Feature films -- Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Business and politics. fast (OCoLC)fst00842401 |
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Gardeners. fast (OCoLC)fst00937845 |
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People with mental disabilities. fast (OCoLC)fst01057383 |
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Political consultants. fast (OCoLC)fst01069231 |
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Social isolation. fast (OCoLC)fst01122596 |
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Television viewers. fast (OCoLC)fst01147132 |
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Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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Washington (D.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01204505 |
| Alt Author |
Ashby, Hal, film director.
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Braunsberg, Andrew, film producer.
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Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991, screenwriter.
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Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- director of photography.
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Mandel, Johnny, composer (expression)
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Zimmerman, Don, 1944- editor of moving image work.
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Haller, Michael, production designer.
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Routh, May, costume designer.
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.
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MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor.
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Warden, Jack, actor.
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Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
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Dysart, Richard, actor.
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Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991.
Being there.
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Lorimar Productions, presenter, production company.
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Northstar International (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Unif Title |
Being there (Motion picture : 1979)
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| ISBN |
9781681432823 |
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168143282X |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515195317 |
| Music # |
CC2745DDVD |
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CC2745D |
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