TY - ADVS AU - Irving,John AU - Hill,George Roy AU - Crawford,Robert L. AU - Tesich,Steve AU - Williams,Robin AU - Hurt,Mary Beth AU - Close,Glenn AU - Lithgow,John AU - Kurtz,Swoosie AU - Tandy,Jessica AU - Cronyn,Hume AU - Shire,David AU - Rotter,Stephen A. AU - Ondrícek,Miroslav ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) ED - Pan Arts (Firm) ED - Warner Bros. Entertainment. ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - The World according to Garp PY - 2011/// CY - Solna, Sweden PB - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Distributed by Warner Home Video KW - Eccentrics and eccentricities KW - Drama KW - Mothers and sons KW - Feminists KW - Authors KW - fast KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - DVD N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1982; Includes theatrical trailer; Music adapted by David Shire ; editor, Stephen A. Rotter ; director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek; Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Swoosie Kurtz, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn; Censorship rating: M, 15+ N2 - Garp is a man whose life unfolds from cradle to grave in counterpoint to the dizzy, violent, cruel and casually destructive rhythms of our anxious age. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, his mother Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women ER -