Being There (1979). An underappreciated classic satirical comedy directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLa

OSCAR WINNER:Best Supporting Actor - Melvyn DouglasPeter Sellers triumphs in his classic performance as an illiterate gardener who is hilariously catapulted into the fast lane of political power. Shirley MacLaine and Academy Award winner Melvyn Douglas co-star. A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house 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
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