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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.
Jul 23, 1982 · 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.
Summaries. 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. Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny.
A nurse during World War II, Jenny Fields (Glenn Close) conceives with a dying pilot and bears a boy named T.S. Garp (Robin Williams) whom she raises alone.
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- Comedy, Drama
- R
Robin Williams plays John Irving's quirky everyman, a wistful writer wre stling with our screwloose modern age. Award-winning performances by Glen Close and John Lithgow. 3,101 IMDb 7.1 2 h 16 min 1982. X-Ray R.
Synopsis. The novel is about the life of T. S. Garp. His mother, Jenny Fields, is a strong-willed nurse who wants a child but not a husband. She encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp, who was severely brain damaged in combat.
Roger Ebert January 01, 1982. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. John Irving's best-selling novel, The World According to Garp, was cruel, annoying, and smug. I kept wanting to give it to my cats. But it was wonderfully well-written and was probably intended to inspire some of those negative reactions in the reader.
