Film

The World According to Garp

1982 · 2h 16m · Drama · Comedy

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

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

71%

Metacritic

63

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.

Robin Williams

T.S. Garp

Mary Beth Hurt

Helen Holm

Glenn Close

Jenny Fields

John Lithgow

Roberta Muldoon

Hume Cronyn

Mr. Fields

Jessica Tandy

Mrs. Fields

Swoosie Kurtz

The Hooker

Brenda Currin

Pooh

Peter Michael Goetz

John Wolfe

Jenny Wright

Cushie

John Irving

Referee

Amanda Plummer

Ellen James

Bette Henritze

Woman Candidate

Katherine Borowitz

Rachel

Kate McGregor-Stewart

Real Estate Lady

Mark Soper

Michael Milton

• George Roy HillDirector · Producer
• Steve TesichScreenplay
• John IrvingNovel
• Robert Crawford Jr.Producer
• Patrick KelleyExecutive Producer
• Miroslav OndříčekDirector of Photography
• Stephen A. RotterEditor
• Marion DoughertyCasting

The World According to Garp - Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

July 23, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

R

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$29,712,172

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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