A simple-minded gardener who has spent his life in seclusion ventures into the outside world for the first time after his employer dies. His homespun outlook on life is mistaken for philosophical wisdom and puts him on the road to becoming a highly influential political adviser. Hal Ashby's satirical comedy, based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski, starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine and an Oscar-winning Melvyn Douglas