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- Steve Tesich adapted The World According to Garp for the screen, and George Roy Hill directed.
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The World According to Garp is a 1982 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams in the title role. Written by Steve Tesich, it is based on the 1978 novel of the same title by John Irving.
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The World According to Garp: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow. 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.
A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich . BBC Radio 4 's Classic Serial broadcast a three-part adaptation of the novel by Linda Marshall Griffiths in January 2014.
- John Irving
- 1978
Jul 23, 1982 · THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, directed by George Roy Hill; screenplay by Steve Tesich, based on a novel by John Irving; director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek; film editor, Stephen A....
- George Roy Hill
“The World According to Garp” was John Irving’s fourth novel and became a bestseller, solidifying his place as a prominent literary figure. 2. The book was later adapted into a film in 1982, starring Robin Williams as Garp and Glenn Close as his mother, Jenny Fields.
Steve Tesich adapted The World According to Garp for the screen, and George Roy Hill directed. Tesich's sterling humanism and Hill's healthy respect for life's serio-comic dimensions made this film one of the best movies of 1982. The performances are all top-drawer.
The World According to Garp was adapted as a film written by Steve Tesich, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close, with music by David Shire, for Warner Brothers in 1982; it is available on Warner Brothers home video.
