Being There - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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In the scene on the Madison Drive sidewalk at the National Mall in Washington D.C., Chance stops and appears to be taking direction from a pointing statue (of Benito Juarez, which is actually located near the Watergate Complex on Virginia Avenue.) Chance, standing in front of the National Gallery of Art, then walks toward the domed Natural History Museum.

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Along with a long line of well-established actors interested in the role of Chauncey Gardiner Neil Simon was one who saw in the part a vehicle for his particular talents.