The World According to Garp

Jul 23, 1982

2h 16m

★ 6.7

Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Pan Arts

Warner Bros. Pictures

The World According to Garp Trailers

Cast

T.S. Garp

Robin Williams

Helen Holm

Mary Beth Hurt

Jenny Fields

Glenn Close

Roberta Muldoon

John Lithgow

Mr. Fields

Hume Cronyn

Mrs. Fields

Jessica Tandy

The Hooker

Swoosie Kurtz

Pooh

Brenda Currin

John Wolfe

Peter Michael Goetz

Cushie

Jenny Wright

Referee

John Irving

Ellen James

Amanda Plummer

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