The World According to Garp poster
Director George Roy Hill
Screenplay Steve Tesich

The World According to Garp

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

Release Date: 1982-08-13

Duration: 136 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Glenn Close
    Jenny Fields
  • Robin Williams
    T.S. Garp
  • John Lithgow
    Roberta Muldoon
  • Amanda Plummer
    Ellen James
  • Jessica Tandy
    Mrs. Fields
  • Swoosie Kurtz
    The Hooker
  • Jenny Wright
    Cushie
  • Eve Gordon
    Marge Tallworth
  • Mary Beth Hurt
    Helen Holm
  • Hume Cronyn
    Mr. Fields