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Being There

Movie · 1979 · 130 min

A quiet, gently absurd satire that drifts between warmth and melancholy, asking you to lean in and catch what everyone misses.

About
1979 film by Hal Ashby
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Movie
Year
1979
Runtime
130 min
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • identity
  • class
  • politics
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
comedy drama
Directed by
Hal Ashby
Written by
Jerzy Kosiński, Robert C. Jones
Starring
Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Basehart, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, Denise DuBarry
Music
Johnny Mandel
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Runtime
130 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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