The world according to Garp (1982)

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when robin williams played t.s. garp in "the world according to garp", two totally original american icons met: a leading comic actor of our time and the character whose loopy adventures made john irving's novel a literary milestone and runaway bestseller. fans of williams' dramatic work in "dead poets society" and his oscar winner "good will hunting" will also savor his garp, a sweet-natured writer whose life is a weird minefield of violence, adultery, fatherhood, rampant feminism and eerie coincidence. glenn close (her film debut) as garp's formidable mother and john lithgow as a transsexual ex-nfl receiver give impressive support, earning oscar nominations and critics laurels galore. their collaboration is 'one helluva magnificent movie'.