Being There
1979 · 130 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 80,061 VOTES · DIR. Hal Ashby
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,367 lines
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00:03:46 ...to stop me in my Super Cop Clobberer.
00:09:46 You're always going to be a little boy, ain't you?
00:14:18 This one has a remote control.
00:22:18 Excuse me.
00:28:30 Thank you. May I watch television, please?
00:34:35 That's what Thomas asked me.
00:38:19 That's a very small room.
00:42:30 What are your plans now, Mr. Gardiner?
00:46:53 Sorry, sir.
00:52:46 You look much better today.
00:58:38 But I think, Mr. President, that it is very dangerous...
01:03:26 - No. - Sure you do.
01:08:19 Let us await the rewards of summer.
01:12:45 For Christ's sakes, we've got volumes of data on Rand.
01:16:41 Lassume, since the President quoted you...
01:20:26 Remarkable.
01:25:27 Sid, it's useless.
01:30:17 I would've just opened up. You know? You know that.
01:34:33 We are not so far from each other.
01:38:25 You say, he showed you his garden.
01:42:37 ...for me to say goodnight to you.
01:48:58 There ain't none ofus ever been in vited up to eat at the Big Boy's dump.
01:55:28 Eve is staying.
01:59:43 '"I've liveda lot...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,367
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:03:46
Final line01:59:43
Production Record
DirectorHal Ashby
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$30,177,511
IMDb votes80,061