The World According to Garp
Directors
George Roy Hill
Actors
- Robin Williams
- Mary Beth Hurt
- Glenn Close
Credits: 29
Summary
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.
More about this movie
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.