The World According to Garp
Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.
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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The World According to Garp - Original Theatrical Trailer
John Irving on why The World According to Garp is more relevant now than he ever imagined
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
John Irving
Referee
Amanda Plummer
Ellen James
Bette Henritze
Woman Candidate
Katherine Borowitz
Rachel
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Real Estate Lady
Mark Soper
Michael Milton
Warren Berlinger
Stew Percy
Brandon Maggart
Ernie Holm
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot
Ron Frazier
Stephen
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