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The World According to Garp
1982R2h 16m6.7 / 10
Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
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Synopsis
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Cast, crew and production details
About The World According to Garp
Cast
Robin WilliamsT.S. Garp
Mary Beth HurtHelen Holm
Glenn CloseJenny Fields
John LithgowRoberta Muldoon
Hume CronynMr. Fields
Jessica TandyMrs. Fields
Swoosie KurtzThe Hooker
Brenda CurrinPoohCredits
- Directed by
- George Roy Hill
- Written by
- Steve Tesich, John Irving
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $17M
- Box office
- $29.7M
Production
- Pan Arts
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
Themes
based on novel or bookchildlessnesscomplicatedgay themehomosexualitylovepaternitypregnancyreflectivetypewritervibrantwistfulwrestlerwrestling
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