The World According To Garp

The World According To Garp

Director: George Roy Hill, George Roy Cast: David Shire
David Shire
, Robin Williams
Robin Williams
, Glenn Close
Glenn Close
George Roy Hill
The World According To Garp

The World According To Garp

Director: George Roy Hill, George Roy Cast: David Shire
David Shire
, Robin Williams
Robin Williams
, Glenn Close
Glenn Close
George Roy Hill

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Overview

The 1982 film version of the John Irving novel The World According to Garp attempts to captures the quirky spirit while condensing the Irving original. Robin Williams plays the title character, the son of unmarried, unorthodox feminist Jenny Fields (Glenn Close, in her film debut). Every effort made by Jenny to broaden Garp's outlook on life -- she even arranges for him to spend the night with a hooker (Swoosie Kurtz) -- crams more fears and phobias into his psyche. Aspiring to become a novelist, Garp succeeds in this goal at the same time that his mother publishes her first feminist manifesto. Though successful and happily married to college sweetheart Helen Holm (Mary Beth Hurt), Garp remains envious of his fearless mother, who has taken in the radical "Ellen Jamesians," a group named after a young woman who had her tongue cut out by a rapist. Mutilation, in fact, becomes something of a leitmotif in Garp's life, climaxing (in every sense of the word) in an auto accident brought about by Helen's tryst with Michael Milton (Mark Soper). There is, of course, much more to the story than this: standing out amongst the dozens of offbeat supporting characters is John Lithgow as Roberta Muldoon, a transexual ex-football jock. John Irving appears as a referee during a college wrestling match, while director George Roy Hill plays the pilot whose low-flying plane crashes into Garp's new home. The World According to Garp didn't attract as large an audience as other, more conventional Robin Williams vehicles, though Close and Lithgow would both be nominated for Best Supporting Actor statues.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/11/2014
UPC: 0883316995693
Original Release: 1982
Rating: R
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Language: English
Time: 2:16:00
Sales rank: 25,560

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robin Williams Actor
Glenn Close Actor
Mary Beth Hurt Actor
John Lithgow Roberta
Swoosie Kurtz Hooker
Hume Cronyn Mr. Fields
Jessica Tandy Mrs. Fields
James McCall Young Garp
Peter Michael Goetz John Wolfe
George Ede Dean Bodger
Mark Soper Michael Milton
Nathan Babcock Duncan
Ian MacGregor Walt
Warren Berlinger Stew Percy
Susan Browning Midge Percy
Brandon Maggart Ernie Holm
James M. Call Young Garp
Jenny Wright Cushie
Brenda Currin Pooh
Jillian Ross Young Cushie
Laurie Robyn Young Pooh
Vic Magnotta 1st Coach
Dominic A. Cecere Opposing Coach
John Irving Referee
Danny Goldman Wrestler
Christopher Farr Bosworth
Brett Littman Zipper Boy
Brendon Roth Infant Garp
Steven Krey Baby Sitter
Al Cerullo Helicopter
Amanda Plummer Ellen James
Bette Henritze Candidate
Jean De Baer Speaker
Ron Frazier Stephen
Katherine Borowitz Rachel
Isabell Monk Woman with Book
John Corcoran Man in Tree
Tim Gallin Freman
Kate McGregor-Stewart Real Estate Lady
George Hill Pilot (uncredited)
Sabrina Lee Moore Baby Sitter
Matthew Cowles Speeding Plumber
Eve Gordon Marge
David Fields Infant Duncan
Ronald C. Frazier Stephen
Ryan Davis Duncan at Age 2
Kaiulani Lee Chief Ellen Jamesian
Harris Laskawy Randy
Lori Shelle Laurel
Kath Reiter Alice
Mary Beth Actor

Technical Credits
George Roy Hill Director,Producer
Robert L. Crawford Producer
Patrick Kelley Executive Producer,Producer
Steve Tesich Screenwriter
George Roy Director
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