Being There (1979)
Not resolved against Wikidata yet.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Jordan Hoffman: 2 lines in 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free)
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
2001: A Space Odyssey: 1 line the host's read ×1
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theme (theme reused):
2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Being There (the host's read).
Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
“they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
2001: A Space Odyssey: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (theme reused):
2001: A Space Odyssey → Being There.
Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
“they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
Eumir Deodato: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (cover version used):
Eumir Deodato → Being There.
The Zarathustra cover in Being There is the Deodato version.
“They do the cover of the version by Emir Diodado that was in being there, your seller.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:36:17 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)
Hal Ashby: 1 line people ×1
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people (director):
Hal Ashby → Being There.
Being There is Hal Ashby's final film and a favorite of the speaker.
“so being there, Hal Ashby's final film, one of my favorite movies of all time.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:12 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (character comparison):
Being There → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The speaker likens people projecting wisdom onto Benjamin's silence to Chauncey Gardner.
“There's a bit of a Chauncey Gardner where they're like projecting onto his silence.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:35:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:14:06, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free), first at 1:35:21, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free), first at 1:36:17, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
people (1)
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people (director):
Hal Ashby → Being There.
Being There is Hal Ashby's final film and a favorite of the speaker.
“so being there, Hal Ashby's final film, one of my favorite movies of all time.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:12 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (2)
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theme (character comparison):
Being There → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The speaker likens people projecting wisdom onto Benjamin's silence to Chauncey Gardner.
“There's a bit of a Chauncey Gardner where they're like projecting onto his silence.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:35:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme reused):
2001: A Space Odyssey → Being There.
Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
“they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (cover version used):
Eumir Deodato → Being There.
The Zarathustra cover in Being There is the Deodato version.
“They do the cover of the version by Emir Diodado that was in being there, your seller.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:36:17 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Peter Sellers: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- Peter Sellers: lead (Blank Check — Patreon, 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))
- Hal Ashby: director (final film) (Blank Check — Patreon, 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))
- Eumir Deodato: funk version of Also sprach Zarathustra (Blank Check — Patreon, 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))