The World According to Garp (1982)

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

Movie · Drama, Comedy · 2h 16m · Rated 6.7/10 on TMDB · Released July 23, 1982

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.

Directed by George Roy Hill

Cast

• 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
• John Irving as Referee
• Amanda Plummer as Ellen James

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