Where was The World According to Garp filmed?
1987 film, directed by George Roy Hill.
- New Jersey
The story is set in New Jersey, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- New Jersey
- Filmed in
- New Jersey
About The World According to Garp
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- Released
- 1987
- Director
- George Roy Hill
- Cast
- Robin WilliamsMary Beth HurtGlenn CloseJohn LithgowMark SoperAmanda PlummerHume CronynJenny WrightJessica TandySwoosie Kurtz
- Genre
- Romantic ComedyDramaLgbtq-related
- Based on
- The World According to Garp
- Awards
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The story
Garp is the out-of-wedlock son of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields, who wanted a child but not a husband.
She interviews a prostitute and offers to hire her for Garp.
The two marry and eventually have two sons, Duncan and Walt.
Famous lines from The World According to Garp
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
It's lust!Jenny Fields
Where was I?Jenny Fields
Bullshit, ya big dyke.Randy
I'll kill you douchebag.Randy
He kept having erections.T. S. Garp
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