The Resource Being there., an Andrew Braunsberg production ; writer, Jerzy Kosinski ; director, Hal Ashby
Being there., an Andrew Braunsberg production ; writer, Jerzy Kosinski ; director, Hal Ashby
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- Summary
- Chance is a pure-hearted gardener forced out of moneyed seclusion and into the urban wilds of Washington, D.C., after the death of his employer. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles haplessly into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon who mistakes his new protégé's mumbling about horticulture for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife targets Chance as the object of her desire
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Special edition.
- Extent
- 2 videodiscs (130 min.)
- Note
-
- Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
- Wide screen (1.85:1)
- Special features: new documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby; author Jerzy Kosinksi in a 1979 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show; appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC's today and the Don Lane show; promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; trailer and TV spots; deleted scenes, outtakes, and an alternate ending; plus: an essay by critic Mark Harris
- Isbn
- 9781681432823
- Label
- Being there.
- Title
- Being there.
- Statement of responsibility
- an Andrew Braunsberg production ; writer, Jerzy Kosinski ; director, Hal Ashby
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Chance is a pure-hearted gardener forced out of moneyed seclusion and into the urban wilds of Washington, D.C., after the death of his employer. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles haplessly into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon who mistakes his new protégé's mumbling about horticulture for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife targets Chance as the object of her desire
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Music, Johnny Mandell
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: PG
- Language note
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .B45 2017
- PerformerNote
- Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1925-1980
- 1934-
- 1914-1984
- 1933-1991
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Ashby, Hal
- Braunsberg, Andrew
- Sellers, Peter
- MacLaine, Shirley
- Douglas, Melvyn
- Warden, Jack
- Dysart, Richard
- Basehart, Richard
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Runtime
- 130
- Series statement
- Criterion collection DVD videodiscs
- Series volume
- no. 864
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gardeners
- Social isolation
- Political consultants
- Business and politics
- Washington (D.C.)
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Being there., an Andrew Braunsberg production ; writer, Jerzy Kosinski ; director, Hal Ashby
- Note
-
- Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
- Wide screen (1.85:1)
- Special features: new documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby; author Jerzy Kosinksi in a 1979 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show; appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC's today and the Don Lane show; promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; trailer and TV spots; deleted scenes, outtakes, and an alternate ending; plus: an essay by critic Mark Harris
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1726634
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Special edition.
- Extent
- 2 videodiscs (130 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781681432823
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 715515195317
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
-
- CC2745DDVD
- CC2745D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1726634
- (OCoLC)971553385
- System details
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); monoaural
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Being there., an Andrew Braunsberg production ; writer, Jerzy Kosinski ; director, Hal Ashby
- Note
-
- Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979
- Wide screen (1.85:1)
- Special features: new documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby; author Jerzy Kosinksi in a 1979 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show; appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC's today and the Don Lane show; promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby; trailer and TV spots; deleted scenes, outtakes, and an alternate ending; plus: an essay by critic Mark Harris
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1726634
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Special edition.
- Extent
- 2 videodiscs (130 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781681432823
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 715515195317
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
-
- CC2745DDVD
- CC2745D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1726634
- (OCoLC)971553385
- System details
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); monoaural
- Video recording format
- DVD
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