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Classic Movie Club: Being There (1979)
December 29, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
The CLASSIC MOVIE CLUB presents:
Bi-monthly screenings on Friday afternoons of award-winning films shown on a giant screen in high definition using only restored and remastered Blu-ray discs.
On Friday, December 29, 2023 at 4:00 pm in the Santa Rosa Clubhouse’s Monterey Room, the club will present:
BEING THERE – the 1979 satirical comedy-drama directed by Hal Ashby, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński. It was adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas, and it features in supporting roles Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, and Richard Basehart. Melvyn Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Peter Sellers was nominated for Best Actor. It was his last and his personal favorite performance. The screenplay won the British Academy Film Award for Best Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected Being There for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
Club membership is not required to attend our free screenings. For additional information, contact hosts Josh Kanin (310-980-0747) or Bill Hooper (310-293-9597).