Yesterday I saw Being There. Good Stuff. I have to say it was a very touching, funny, wonderfully delightful movie. Peter Sellers, in his role as Chance was simply amazing. Now I understand why he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1980.
I just have to say, I don't think I have quite ever seen a movie ever like that. More so, I better understand the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. As there were references to this movie. Which I didn't understand before.
Now true I am a Peter Sellers fan and this makes me biased, but I don't care. I give this movie a 10 out of and I think other people should see it. You can buy it online at places like Amazon or Deep Discount DVD. I'd go with the latter it is cheaper and the shipping is usually free.
Now because I don't want to give anything away if you really do want to see this, here is a plot summary from the IMDB: 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 a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.
There is much more to the film, which is why I liked it so much. This was probably the greatest work Peter Sellers had ever undertaken. Thankfully he lived long enough to finish it.
