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The World According to Garp

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6.7/10 • 355

1982-08-132h 16m

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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.

Directors
George Roy Hill
Editors
Stephen A. Rotter

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  1. Robin Williams

    Robin Williams

    T.S. Garp

  2. Mary Beth Hurt

    Mary Beth Hurt

    Helen Holm

  3. Glenn Close

    Glenn Close

    Jenny Fields

  4. John Lithgow

    John Lithgow

    Roberta Muldoon

  5. Hume Cronyn

    Hume Cronyn

    Mr. Fields

  6. Jessica Tandy

    Jessica Tandy

    Mrs. Fields

  7. Swoosie Kurtz

    Swoosie Kurtz

    The Hooker

  8. Brenda Currin

    Brenda Currin

    Pooh

  9. Peter Michael Goetz

    Peter Michael Goetz

    John Wolfe

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$17,000,000.00
Revenue
$29,712,172.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookpregnancywrestlingwrestlerchildlessnesspaternitylovewritertypewriterreflectivegay themehomosexualitywistfulcomplicatedvibrant