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.

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General Information

Release Date: 1982-07-23
Budget: $17000000
Revenue: $29712172
Runtime: 136 min

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