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		List Price: $14.98		Label: Warner Home Video Salesrank: 3897 Released: February 3, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
A SHELTERED SIMPLETON WHO ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S WATCHED ON TV BECOMES A PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR.

Being There (Deluxe Edition) Reviews:
Being There
2009-11-24 - This is a classic. I read this book before seeing the film and was entertained by both. I reside within an hours's drive of Biltmore House in NC, and at the time this was one of the first major motion pictures filmed there. Peter Sellars is not the Pink Panther here, so do not enter expecting slapstick comedy. Rather, see what can happen when the truth is so obvious that no one sees it.....Gil...

Story of Obama!
2009-10-19 - I luved this movie. After watching this movie I understand Obama mania around the world. Particularly the fascination of Obama by the Europeans.

Peter Sellers portrayed the Obama character so well...It was uncanny.

All Obama fans need to rent and watch this flick.

Amazing!

Chance the Gardener was a Texan
2009-10-16 - He was George Bush. Smart TexasRedhead sees Being There as a prophecy of Obama. She overlooked her own state. Being There is the story of an ignorant politician from the Lone Star State who served as President for two terms with a total lack of curiosity and without any clue about how to govern a nation. Unfortunately, he was not the first U.S. President to hold those credentials: Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan come immediately to mind (the last two come from California I am sorry to say).

But I digress... Peter Sellers was amazing as Chance the gardener. But I have to give this performance second place to his brilliant acting in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, where he plays three characters that carry the entire film. Third place would go to another Kubrick movie, Lolita, where Sellers plays writer Clare Quilty.
I also don't want to overlook the hilarious Pink Panther series, where Sellars plays Clouseau, the inept police inspector. The best of these is probably A Shot in the Dark.

Extraordinary Performance Enhanced - Blu-Ray Review
2009-10-14 - Peter Sellers had his demons, ask Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards sometime, but he cast them all aside to pull from himself this absolutely riveting magical performance that will last the ages. Much has been said of all this before and there is no question he was robbed of the Oscar that year (he wasn't as popular as one might imagine with the hollywood crowd). The blu-ray transfer is stunning and adds so much detail as to take the whole movie up another notch. Highly recommended for both the true fan of this movie and the newbie checking it out.
It's the ONLY way to see it.



Great movie, blu-ray transfer so-so
2009-09-20 - Great movie. Peter Sellers delivers an outstanding performance. The comedy is muted; the movie goes from being serious and thoughtful to screamingly funny (the "bear rug" scene with Shirley MacLaine for example).

Regarding the blu-ray -- I found the digital transfer lacking. Specifically contrast, depth and detail (edge sharpness). The picture had a muted, washed out, grainy look to it that was, while better than DVD, not up to the level I've seen with transfers of other movies which are much older. One reviewer here mentioned excessive use of DNR -- I'm wondering if perhaps the master they had to work with was degraded and required serious work to make it presentable. Whatever, I am not an expert, just giving my lay impressions.

Despite the lackluster video quality, still a great movie to own.