Njengoba kunombhalo oyisithenjwa mayelana ne-Being There, ngitshele ukuthi le ncwadi yashicilelwa nini nokuthi ifilimu ephathelene nale ncwadi yadalwa nini.
Context:Ukuba Kukhona yinoveli eshubile yombhali ozalwa ePoland uJerzy Kosinski, eyanyatheliswa ngo-Ephreli 21, 1971. Isethwe eMelika, le ndaba iphathelene noChance, umlimi wensimu olula ongazi ukuthi uba yisazi sezombusazwe esifunwa kakhulu kanye nomhlaziyi wezinxushunxushu zomhlaba wanamuhla. Kuye kwasikiselwa ukuthi uKosinski walingisa uhlamvu lukaChance ngemuva komphathi wendlu yokugcina izithombo okuthiwa uJerry Jarvis owaba ngumholi kazwelonke wenhlangano yokuzindla ngokweqile ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960 nasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1970, uKosinski ahlangane naye esikhungweni sendawo se-TM eCambridge, eMassachusetts, futhi owafaka indlela ezolile futhi elula kaChauncy Gardiner. Isikhungo seCambridge TM sasitholakala iminyaka eminingi ekhoneni laseChauncy naseGarden Streets.  Kwaqoshwa ifilimu esekelwe encwadini ngo-1979; uKosinski wabhala i-screenplay yefilimu noRobert C. Jones.
I-Being There yanyatheliswa ngo-April 21, 1971 futhi kwenziwa ifilimu ngale ncwadi ngo-1979.