Being There starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine on DVD

Director: Hal Ashby

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Jerzy Kosinski's satirical novel about the way we are influenced by media receives a deliciously low-key retelling in this smart, restrained film by Hal Ashby. Peter Sellers, in the role of his career, plays a sheltered innocent, a gardener whose only knowledge of the world comes from television. When his employer dies and he is set loose in Washington, D.C., for the first time, he unwittingly winds up befriending people in the highest places in government. They are captivated by his "wisdom" (actually, recycled advertising sayings from TV), mistaking his silence and reticence for a giant intellect. Before long, he is an adviser to the most powerful people in the country, who take his word as gospel. Biting social commentary is boosted by the amazing performances of Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas, who won an Oscar.

 

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