After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.


Books with substantial mentioning of Being There

Michael Starr
Peter Sellers, A Film History
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Reviews

Rob Edelman, Being There, in: Films in Review, vol. 31, 1980 pp. 177