BEING THERE

A simple-minded gardener's bewildered silence is taken for brilliance and he becomes a national celebrity.Remarkable, restrained performance from Sellers in a low-key film full of savagely witty comments on American life in the television age. Adapted by Jerzy Kosinski from his own novel.

Director Hal Ashby

Drama 1979, colour 130 mins, Warner Bros.

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

AA: Melvyn Douglas AAN: Peter Sellers