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Where was Being There filmed?

1979 film, directed by Hal Ashby.

  • North Carolina

The story is set in Washington, about 286 miles (460 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Washington; D.C.
Filmed in
North Carolina
Distance
About 286 miles (460 km) between Washington and the nearest filming location.
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About Being There

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Released
1979
Director
Hal Ashby
Cast
Peter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasJack WardenRichard BasehartRichard DysartDavid ClennonDenise DuBarrySam WeismanRichard Venture
Genre
Comedy Drama
Based on
Being There
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Middle-aged, simple-minded Chance lives in a wealthy old man's townhouse in Washington, D.C., along with the man's African-American maid Louise, who is kind to him.

An African-American youth points a knife at him; Chance ineffectually tries to click him out of existence with a TV remote control.

Robert Allenby, who is resident there caring for Ben, who is dying from a blood disease.

Famous lines from Being There

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • I see.Chance
  • It did hurt.Chance
  • In the garden.President "Bobby"
  • Spring and summer.President "Bobby"
  • Good morning, Louise.Chance

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