The World According to Garp

Release date: 1982-07-23
Runtime: 136
Country: United States of America
Budget: $17,000,000

Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.

Director: George Roy Hill

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Cast: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, Brenda Currin, Peter Michael Goetz, Jenny Wright