The World According to Garp
| Director George Roy
Hill and writer Steve Tesich bring John Irving's poignant, absurdist,
tragicomic novel to the screen. Comedian Robin Williams shines as a
relatively straight writer surrounded by a crowd of touchingly bent
eccentrics. Glenn Close, making an astonishing screen debut as Garp's
fearless, ferocious unmarried feminist mother, and John Lithgow, as his
transsexual, ex-football star friend, are standouts. The attacks on social
mores and repressions are cunningly modulated by all-out paeans to family
love and the power of individuality. Hilarious, heart-wrenching, and
ultimately uplifting. Available now at Amazon.com
on dvd
Shooting locations: Millbrook and Tuckahoe, N.Y. Garett was 9 years old at the time of filming and is only on screen for a moment--but he's there. He's the small boy who waves as he's leaving the locker room. Don't blink or you'll miss him. Photos will be added as they become available. |
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