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2. The World According to Garp (film) - Wikipedia

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   T.S. Garp is the out-of-wedlock son of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields, who wanted a child but not a husband. A nurse during World War II, she encountered a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp ("Garp" being all he is able to utter), who was severely brain damaged in combat, and whose morbid priapism allows her to rape him and become impregnated.

3. The World According to Garp - Wikipedia

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   The story contains a great deal of (in the words of Garp's fictional teacher) "lunacy and sorrow". The novel contains several narratives: Garp's first piece of fiction, a short story entitled "The Pension Grillparzer"; "Vigilance", an essay; and the first chapter of his third novel, The World According to Bensenhaver.

4. John Irving - Wikipedia

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   John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942) [1] is an American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978.

5. Mary Beth Hurt - Wikipedia

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   Mary Beth Hurt (née Supinger; born September 25, 1946) [1] is a retired American actress of stage and screen. [2] She is a three-time Tony Award-nominated actress. [3]Notable films in which Hurt appears include Interiors (1978), The World According to Garp (1982), The Age of Innocence (1993), and Six Degrees of Separation (1993).

6. Jenny Wright - Wikipedia

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   Jenny Wright is an American retired actress who made her film debut portraying the role of Cushie in the comedy-drama The World According to Garp in 1982. That same year she made an appearance in the live-action/animated psychological musical drama film Pink Floyd – The Wall, playing an American groupie.

7. 'The World According to Garp' Was Never Meant to Be ... - AOL

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8. Steve Tesich - Wikipedia

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   Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that it was "a very good movie." He adapted John Irving's novel The World According to Garp for the screen in 1982 directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close in her film debut. The best-selling novel had been described as unfilmable. [12]

9. List of American films of 1982 - Wikipedia

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   The World According to Garp: Warner Bros. / Pan Arts: George Roy Hill (director); Steve Tesich (screenplay); Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, Peter Michael Goetz, Mark Soper, Warren Berlinger, Brandon Maggart, Amanda Plummer, Jenny Wright, Brenda Currin, John Irving, George ...