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27 Dec 2023, 9:10 pm

Hey, all. Has anyone heard of the 1979 movie Being There? A brief summary:
"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."

A true classic, IMO.


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27 Dec 2023, 10:42 pm

Absolutely loved it. Saw it in the theater when it came out. Loved the way he strolled out onto the surface of a lake at the end, casually walking on water and poking his umbrella into the water.


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28 Dec 2023, 11:27 am

It is a really, really good movie!


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29 Dec 2023, 8:37 am

A funny film. 'Being There' seems to me a satire of how very ignorant and naive people can end up in very prominent positions in society.



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29 Dec 2023, 3:16 pm

You wouldn't mean to imply that a fool with a lot of money could be successful in politics, would you! 8O


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