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Basics Critics:78Viewers:73Rusty:77
Category: Comedy, DramaNotable as: ComedySub-Category: Satire, Comedy-drama, Parody, Comedy, DramaNarrative location: Washington, D.C.Runtime: 125 - 130 minutesColor: colorLanguage: English, Russian, ItalianCountry: United StatesFilming location: North CarolinaDirector: Hal AshbyScreenwriter: Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. JonesMusic: Johnny MandelCinematography: Caleb DeschanelStars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon, Fran Brill Studio: Lorimar TelevisionAwards won: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Melvyn Douglas)Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor (Peter Sellers)Award details: (details at IMDb)
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Being There is a 1979 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby. Adapted from the 1970 novella by Jerzy Kosinski, the screenplay was written by Kosinski and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart, and Richard Basehart. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The screenplay won the 1981 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Screenplay Award and the 1980 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Being There was the last film featuring Sellers to be released in his lifetime. The making of the film is portrayed in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, a biographical film of Sellers' life.


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