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The World According to Garp

  • 1982
  • R
  • 2h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Robin Williams in The World According to Garp (1982)
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.
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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 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 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
    • George Roy Hill
  • Writers
    • John Irving
    • Steve Tesich
  • Stars
    • Robin Williams
    • Mary Beth Hurt
    • Glenn Close
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    30K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,680
    1,173
    • Director
      • George Roy Hill
    • Writers
      • John Irving
      • Steve Tesich
    • Stars
      • Robin Williams
      • Mary Beth Hurt
      • Glenn Close
    • 108User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 5 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Robin Williams
    Robin Williams
    • T.S. Garp
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Helen Holm
    Glenn Close
    Glenn Close
    • Jenny Fields
    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Roberta Muldoon
    Hume Cronyn
    Hume Cronyn
    • Mr. Fields
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Mrs. Fields
    Swoosie Kurtz
    Swoosie Kurtz
    • The Hooker
    James McCall
    • Young Garp
    Peter Michael Goetz
    Peter Michael Goetz
    • John Wolfe
    George Ede
    • Dean Bodger
    Mark Soper
    Mark Soper
    • Michael Milton
    Nathan Babcock
    • Duncan Garp
    Ian MacGregor
    • Walt Garp
    Warren Berlinger
    Warren Berlinger
    • Stew Percy
    Susan Browning
    Susan Browning
    • Midge Percy
    Brandon Maggart
    Brandon Maggart
    • Ernie Holm
    Jenny Wright
    Jenny Wright
    • Cushie
    Brenda Currin
    Brenda Currin
    • Pooh
    • Director
      • George Roy Hill
    • Writers
      • John Irving
      • Steve Tesich
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Author John Irving's mother was not married at the time he was conceived. He never met his father nor would his mother talk about him. He eventually told her that if she didn't tell him about the father he would invent the man and circumstances of his conception. Her reply was "Go ahead, dear." "The World According to Garp" was that result.
    • Goofs
      When Garp and his family are playing touch football at Dog's Head Harbor, it is the afternoon, In the next scene, where Garp and Roberta are talking, the sun is shown setting over the ocean. This could not occur as Dog's Head Harbor, New Hampshire is on the east coast of the United States, so the sun should be rising.
    • Quotes

      Walt: Daddy, what's gradual school?

      T. S. Garp: What?

      Walt: Gradual school. Mommy says she teaches at gradual school.

      T. S. Garp: Oh. Gradual school is where you go to school and you gradually find out you don't want to go to school anymore.

    • Crazy credits
      Thomas Peter Daikos ....Flying Baby Garp
    • Alternate versions
      In the theatrical release, when Roberta Muldoon is talking with Garp's mother Jenny about the accident, she says "...to have it bitten off in a Buick." The reference to Buick was subsequently removed, so Roberta now just says "...to have it bitten off."
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: The World According to Garp, The Aviator's Wife, Young Doctors in Love, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      When I'm Sixty-Four
      Written by John Lennon (uncredited) and Paul McCartney (uncredited)

      Performed by The Beatles

      Courtesy of EMI Records, Limited

    User reviews108

    Featured review
    9/10

    A textbook example of how to adapt a novel for the screen

    Adapting a novel to the screen is fraught with difficulties, and "The World According to Garp" meets those difficulties brilliantly. It is not slavishly faithful to the book as far as details go, but it omits those elements which will not translate well and makes whatever changes are needed to make the story work on film. Robin Williams is a fine Garp, Glenn Close is absolutely perfect as Jenny Garp (her performance was one of the few times I've seen the exact character I'd pictured in my head when I read the book up on the screen), and John Lithgow is funny and touching as transsexual Roberta Muldoon.
    • lanewright
    • Apr 29, 2000
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 23, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El mundo según Garp
    • Filming locations
      • Equestrian Ave, Fishers Island, Long Island, New York, USA(Jenny Field's house)
    • Production companies
      • Pan Arts
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $17,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,712,172
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,902,088
      • Jul 25, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,712,172
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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