Being There

"Chauncey Gardiner" is a gardener who has spent his whole life tending the garden of an old, wealthy man in Washington, D.C. Other than gardening, his knowledge is derived entirely from what he sees on television. When his benefactor dies, Chance naively tells the lawyers that he has no claim against the estate and is ordered to move out. He is wearing expensive tailored clothes from the 1920s and '30s, and his manners are old-fashioned and courtly. Rand admires him, finding him direct, wise and insightful. Rand is also a confidant and adviser to