The World According to Garp
Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Revenue
- $29,712,172
- Production
- Pan Arts, Warner Bros. Pictures
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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
Crew
- Director
- George Roy Hill
- Writers
- Steve Tesich
- Cinematography
- Miroslav Ondříček
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badelf
June 15, 2026
My Robin Williams Retrospective: The World According to Garp (1982) Robin Williams surprises here with a character so unlike what we typically associate with him. T.S. Garp is lower energy, even-tempered, thoughtful; there's no manic improvisation, no volcanic bursts of comic energy. Instead, Williams plays restraint, playing a man navigating the absurdities and tragedies of his peculiar life with quiet determination. He's grounded, present, entirely credible as a writer and father trying to …