[mylife]

Enjoy

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Obama regime is like Being There meets Idiocracy meets Coming to America.

[nuconvert]

Big difference...I LIKE Chauncy Gardener

[hole_n_one]

Chauncy is far more qualified for the office than the current dumb ass who is occupying it.

[Baladas]

I like tv.

[davisfh]

I love that movie. I've seen it twice and wouldn't mind seeing it again. Wish we could run Chauncey against Obama. I believe he'd win.

Great bedroom scene with Shirley Mclain.

[arrogantsob]

Great movie.

[Senormechanico]

I’ve been comparing Zero to Chauncy Gardener since BEFORE he got elected.
Nobody listened.
Well, my conservative friends did.
Now (hopefully) the whole country realizes what a POS this Marxist ahole is doing to our country.
Hopefully, we’ll be able to salvage what’s left of it in 2012.

[Revolting cat!]

Read the book. It's just as good. It's what inspired Peter Sellers to buy the option. I don't know about you, but I always seek out the sources.

A Polish writer, named Tadeusz Dolega Mostowicz saw it first in the 1930s, in a novel titled Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy, which Jerzy Kosinski plagiarized, according to some, but certainly was influenced by. The hero Nikodem Dyzma (after 'dismal', I presume) was the model for Chauncey Gardiner.

[Titus-Maximus]

How is this movie available without charge?

This must be bootlegged.

[Dick Bachert]

If you'll note the date in red in the lower right corner of the poster, I had this moron figured out BEFORE the election.

“Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again – and CHANGE. DON’T FORGET CHANGE!”

This is the same phenomenon that gave America Oprah Winfrey. But this is A LOT scarier. All it gave Oprah was tons of money and influence. Obamalamadingdong will have REAL POWER to damage the country in ways about which Winfrey could only dream!

[Dick Bachert]

If you'll note the date in red in the lower right corner of the poster, I had this moron figured out BEFORE the election.

“Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again – and CHANGE. DON’T FORGET CHANGE!”

This is the same phenomenon that gave America Oprah Winfrey. But this is A LOT scarier. All it gave Oprah was tons of money and influence. Obamalamadingdong will have REAL POWER to damage the country in ways about which Winfrey could only dream!

[Dick Bachert]

If you'll note the date in red in the lower right corner of the poster, I had this moron figured out BEFORE the election.

“Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again – and CHANGE. DON’T FORGET CHANGE!”

This is the same phenomenon that gave America Oprah Winfrey. But this is A LOT scarier. All it gave Oprah was tons of money and influence. Obamalamadingdong will have REAL POWER to damage the country in ways about which Winfrey could only dream!

[RIghtwardHo]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Highly recommend it.

[moviefan8]

I liked the film a lot except for the out takes at the end. It should have been left out. Sellers was right to be furious at their in conclusion.

The film is available on dvd and is sometimes shown on television.

[Lancey Howard]

Here is an excerpt of the screenplay (from my FR homepage):

'Being There'

Following is an excerpt from the movie, 'Being There', starring Peter Sellers as Chance, a simple gardener who later becomes known as "Chance Gardner" through no fault of his own. The movie has become a cult classic.

"Adapted by Jerzy Kozinsky from his own novel, the movie's about a simple-minded, middle-aged gardener who, after a lifetime of seclusion and safety in a Washington, D.C. townhouse, gets his first exposure to reality beyond the walls of his sheltered existence. His only reference to the world is through his childlike addiction to television, and when a chance encounter brings him into the inner fold of a dying billionaire (Melvyn Douglas), he suddenly finds himself the toast of Washington's political elite. His simple phrases about gardening are misinterpreted as anything from economic predictions to sage political advice..." - - Jeff Shannon (Amazon.com)

(For some reason, the rise of Barack Hussein Obama reminded me of this old movie.... which my wife and I went to see in the theater when it was released.)

President "Bobby": "Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives?"
[Long pause]
Chance the Gardener: "As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden."
President "Bobby": "In the garden."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again."
President "Bobby": "Spring and summer."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes."
President "Bobby": "Then fall and winter."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes."
Benjamin Rand: "I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we're upset by the seasons of our economy."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes! There will be growth in the spring!"
Benjamin Rand: "Hmm!"
Chance the Gardener: "Hmm!"
President "Bobby": "Hm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I've heard in a very, very long time."
[Benjamin Rand applauds]
President "Bobby": "I admire your good, solid sense. That's precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill."

[llandres]

One of my all-time favorite films! I’ve watched it numerous times and always enjoy introducing others to it.

It’s so relevant and applicable, isn’t it?

[GOP Poet]

Thanks for the link. Being There is one of my all time favorite movies. Believe it or not I feel in love with it watching it on tv as a kid. Peter Sellers is amazing! The content is beyond compelling and so simple. Brilliant.

[GOP Poet]

feel=fell. haha.

[windcliff]

ping

[RandallFlagg]

I like to watch.