Storyline

Simple-minded gardener Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. home of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run-in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.

Plot Keywords

based on novel, lake, country estate, funeral, television reporter, television news, ambassador, marriage, yoga, first lady, doctor, loss of husband, hypodermic needle, newspaper, eviction, homosexuality, wheelchair, based on book, death of friend, airforce one

Short Review

Gently directed by Hal Ashby, this satire of a ruling class in which nobody knows anything is almost plausible, and certainly topical.

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2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 9.99, Track Rental Price: 2.99, Collection Price: 9.99, Track Hd Price: 9.99, Track Hd Rental Price: 2.99, Collection Hd Price: 9.99

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