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Release Date: 1982

Cast: George Ede, Nathan Babcock, Mary Beth Hurt, Jessica Tandy, Glenn Close, Brenda Currin, Amanda Plummer, Jenny Wright, Mark Soper, Swoosie Kurtz, John Lithgow, Peter Michael Goetz ...MORE

Cast: George Ede, Nathan Babcock, Mary Beth Hurt, Jessica Tandy, Glenn Close, Brenda Currin, Amanda Plummer, Jenny Wright, Mark Soper, Swoosie Kurtz, John Lithgow, Peter Michael Goetz, Robin Williams, John Irving, Hume Cronyn ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, Comedy-drama, Coming of age, Tragicomedy, Comedy

The World According to Garp is 1982 American comedy drama film directed by George Roy Hill, based on the novel of the same title by John Irving, who also wrote the script together with Steve Tesich. For their roles, John Lithgow and Glenn Close were respectively nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 55th Academy Awards. The story chronicles the life of T. S. Garp (Robin Williams), the illegitimate son of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields (Glenn Close, in her feature film debut). Jenny wanted a child but not a husband. A nurse during the... MORE

The World According to Garp is 1982 American comedy drama film directed by George Roy Hill, based on the novel of the same title by John Irving, who also wrote the script together with Steve Tesich. For their roles, John Lithgow and Glenn Close were respectively nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 55th Academy Awards. The story chronicles the life of T. S. Garp (Robin Williams), the illegitimate son of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields (Glenn Close, in her feature film debut). Jenny wanted a child but not a husband. A nurse during the closing months of World War II, she encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp who was severely brain damaged in combat. Jenny nurses Garp, observing his infantile state and almost perpetual autonomic sexual arousal. Unconstrained by convention and driven by practicality and her desire for a child, Jenny uses Garp's sexual response to impregnate herself, and names the resultant son after him "T. S." (standing only for "Technical Sergeant"). Jenny raises young Garp alone. Garp grows up, becoming interested in wrestling and writing fiction, topics his mother has little LESS