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The World According to Garp

Name: The World According to Garp
Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1982-07-23
Cast: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn

DramaComedy

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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Cast

Robin WilliamsMary Beth HurtGlenn CloseJohn LithgowHume CronynJessica TandySwoosie KurtzBrenda CurrinPeter Michael GoetzJenny WrightJohn IrvingAmanda Plummer

Director

George Roy Hill

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