Being There

Simple-minded gardener Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. home 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, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider. ??Scott Renshaw Awards: 14 wins & 15 nominations totalWorldwide Gross: $30,177,511Soundtrack: Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces (Written and Performed by Cheech Marin (as Cheech) & Tommy Chong (as Chong))Hal AshbyPeter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas1980-02-08 (West Germany, United States)tt0078841