The World According to Garp

1982
15
2h 16m

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Robin Williams in The World According to Garp (1982)

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.

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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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

30K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

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Trivia
Debut theatrical feature film of actress Glenn Close.

Goofs
When Garp and his family are playing touch football at Dog's Head Harbor, it is the afternoon, In the next scene, where Garp and Roberta are talking, the sun is shown setting over the ocean. This could not occur as Dog's Head Harbor, New Hampshire is on the east coast of the United States, so the sun should be rising.

Quotes
Walt: Daddy, what's gradual school?
T. S. Garp: What?
Walt: Gradual school. Mommy says she teaches at gradual school.
T. S. Garp: Oh. Gradual school is where you go to school and you gradually find out you don't want to go to school anymore.

Crazy credits
Thomas Peter Daikos ....Flying Baby Garp

Alternate versions
In the theatrical release, when Roberta Muldoon is talking with Garp's mother Jenny about the accident, she says "...to have it bitten off in a Buick." The reference to Buick was subsequently removed, so Roberta now just says "...to have it bitten off."

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: The World According to Garp, The Aviator's Wife, Young Doctors in Love, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

Soundtracks
When I'm Sixty-Four
Written by John Lennon (uncredited) and Paul McCartney (uncredited)
Performed by The Beatles
Courtesy of EMI Records, Limited

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Over-the-top But Satisfying

WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, THE **** Robin Williams, Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, and John Lithgow offer terrific performances in this progressive look at the life of Garp--he's not an odd guy; he's just having to face the common problematic issues that come with childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. It's worth the watch to see the versatile mix of offbeat comedy and gritty believability when Garp and his mother move to New York and onward to find fulfillment. Even though things get over the top with the feminism/terrorism exploits in the conclusion, it all adds to the insight behind the wide range of characters. Rated R. 1982

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