The World According to Garp
Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.
1982 · 2h 16m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
George Roy Hill
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The World According to Garp
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.
Director and cast
- George Roy Hill Director
- Robin Williams as T.S. Garp
- Mary Beth Hurt as Helen Holm
- Glenn Close as Jenny Fields
- John Lithgow as Roberta Muldoon
- Hume Cronyn as Mr. Fields
- Jessica Tandy as Mrs. Fields
- Swoosie Kurtz as The Hooker
- Brenda Currin as Pooh
- Peter Michael Goetz as John Wolfe
- Jenny Wright as Cushie
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