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Film of the Day: Back to the Future
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Being There

Being There
CAST & DIRECTORBOX OFFICE DATAGLOBAL RELEASESTOP GROSSINGNEWS
1979
 130 minutes (2 hrs 10 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Starring

Peter Sellers · Shirley MacLaine · Melvyn Douglas · Jack Warden · Richard Dysart · Richard Basehart

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 8th February 1980
Canada release date Canada release: 8th February 1980
France release date France release: 18th May 1980

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 11th Jul '80
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £452.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

11 Jul, 1980
2
18 Jul, 1980
2
25 Jul, 1980
3
1 Aug, 1980
3
8 Aug, 1980
4
15 Aug, 1980
4
22 Aug, 1980
4
29 Aug, 1980
4

US box office

Global box office

Certificates


15 age rating
US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $0
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Directed By

Director
Role
Hal Ashby
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
Peter Sellers
Chance
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway
Louise
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
Ravenell Keller III
Abbaz
Brian Corrigan
Policeman by White House
Alfie Brown
Old Woman asked for lunch
Don Jacob
David
Ernest McClure
Jeffrey
Kenneth Patterson
Perkins
Richard Venture
Wilson
Arthur Grundy
Arthur
W.C. Mutt Burton
Lewis
Henry B. Dawkins
Billings
Georgine Hall
Mrs. Aubrey
Nell P. Leaman
Constance
Villa Mae P. Barkley
Teresa
Alice Hirson
First Lady
James Noble
Kaufman
Timothy Shaner
Presidential Aide
William F. Williams
Presidential Aide
Bill Dance
Presidential Aide
Jim Aar
Presidential Aide
William Lubin
Presidential Aide
Gerald C. McNabb Jr.
Woltz
Hoyt Clark Harris Jr.
Riff
Ned Wilson
Honeycutt
Stanley Grover
Baldwin
John Harkins
Courtney
Katherine De Hetre
Kinney
William Larsen
Lyman Stuart
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
Arthur Rosenberg
Morton Hull
Sam Weisman
Colson
Fredric Lehne
TV Page
Gwen Humble
TV Guest
Laurie Jefferson
TV Reporter
Allen Williams
Other Reporter
Janet Meshad
Other Reporter
Paul Marin
Other Reporter
Melendy Britt
Sophie
Hanna Landy
Natasha Skrapinov
Elya Baskin
Karpatov
Than Wyenn
Ambassador Gaufridi
Richard McKenzie
Ron Stiegler
Sandy Ward
Senator Slipshod
Danna Hansen
Mrs. Slipshod
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Richard Seff
Pallbearer
Terrence Currier
Pallbearer
Leon Greenberg
Pallbearer
Austin Hay
Pallbearer
Mark Hammer
Pallbearer
Maurice Copeland
Pallbearer
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post
Herbert Benkman
Dignitary
Basil Hoffman
Man in Commercial
Jerry Jensen
General
Alexandria Walsh
Court Reporter