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The World According to Garp(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-07-23
67%
370 Votes
Time: 2h 16m
Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $17,000,000.00
Revenue: $29,712,172.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Pan Arts
Movie: The World According to Garp
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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John Irving on why The World According to Garp is more relevant now than he ever imagined
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