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Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life. - The World According to Garp
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Title: The World According to Garp

Release Date: 13 Aug 1982

Runtime: 2h 16m

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Pan Arts, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Pan Arts, Warner Bros. Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.674 (351 votes)

Cast

  • T.S. Garp: Robin Williams
  • Helen Holm: Mary Beth Hurt
  • Jenny Fields: Glenn Close
  • Roberta Muldoon: John Lithgow
  • Mr. Fields: Hume Cronyn
  • Mrs. Fields: Jessica Tandy
  • The Hooker: Swoosie Kurtz
  • Pooh: Brenda Currin
  • John Wolfe: Peter Michael Goetz
  • Cushie: Jenny Wright
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