De autistische tuinman Chance brengt zijn hele leven door in het huis van een oude man in Washington. Als deze man overlijdt, staat Chance op straat zonder enige kennis van de wereld, behalve dat wat hij op TV heeft gezien.
Nee, helaas is Being There nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Jack Schwartzman | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Hal Ashby | Director |
| Writing | Jerzy Kosiński | Novel |
| Sound | Johnny Mandel | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Caleb Deschanel | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jerzy Kosiński | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert C. Jones | Screenplay |
| Production | Andrew Braunsberg | Producer |
| Editing | Don Zimmerman | Editor |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Producer |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | May Routh | Costume Design |
| Art | Michael D. Haller | Production Design |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles H. Schram | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
