Directed by:
George Roy HillScreenplay:
Steve TesichCinematography:
Miroslav OndříčekCast:
Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, James McCall, Peter Michael Goetz, Mark Soper (more)VOD (1)
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Conceived in a hospital room by the independent, strong-willed Jenny Fields (who makes sure to choose a father who can never interfere with her decisions), T.S. Garp grows up in the placid academic atmosphere of the exclusive New England boy's school where Jenny works. As Garp becomes a man, the film shifts between the events that shape his world and those that shape his mother's. While Garp follows a "normal" path--marrying, becoming a father, and establishing himself as an author and teacher--Jenny continues to make extraordinary decisions and allies herself with a very strange group of characters. And through it all, Jenny remains a powerful, inescapable influence on her son. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robin Williams
USA
Best movies:
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Mary Beth Hurt
USA
Best movies:
Red Dragon (2002)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Interiors (1978)
Glenn Close
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Tarzan (1999)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
John Lithgow
USA
Best movies:
Shrek (2001)
Interstellar (2014)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
Jessica Tandy
UK
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Swoosie Kurtz
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
An Englishman in New York (2009)
Superman: Doomsday (2007)
James McCall
Best movies:
The World According to Garp (1982)
Peter Michael Goetz
USA
Best movies:
Glory (1989)
Prince of the City (1981)
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV movie)
Mark Soper
USA
Best movies:
Phenomenon (1996)
White Oleander (2002)
Attica (1980) (TV movie)
Warren Berlinger
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Hero (1992)
Brandon Maggart
USA
Best movies:
The World According to Garp (1982)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Living in Fear (2001)
Jenny Wright
USA
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The World According to Garp (1982)
Out of Bounds (1986)
John Irving
USA
Best movies:
The Cider House Rules (1999)
The World According to Garp (1982)
Amanda Plummer
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV movie)
The Fisher King (1991)
Bette Henritze
USA
Best movies:
The World According to Garp (1982)
The Hospital (1971)
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Jean De Baer
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Wall Street (1987)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Ron Frazier
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
North and South (1985) (series)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Katherine Borowitz
USA
Best movies:
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Illuminata (1998)
Harry & Son (1984)
Kate McGregor-Stewart
USA
Best movies:
The Addams Family (1991)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)