Being There
1979, PG, 130 min.
Directed by Hal Ashby, Starring Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas, Shirley MacLaine.
In Peter Sellers’ acclaimed last role, he plays a gardener whose simplemindedness is mistaken as profundity by the D.C. elite.
This article appears in September 20 • 2024.
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