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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • HiFi Sound • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 23 July, 1982 DVD Release : 03 April, 2001 |
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The World According to Garp description Aside from being a warmly enjoyable movie, and the best screen adaptation of any John Irving novel, The World According to Garp features several young actors who went on to be among the best in the business. Oscar nominee John Lithgow is the sweetest transsexual ex-pro football player you'd ever hope to meet; Oscar nominee Glenn Close is a sensible, utterly sexless nurse and mother; Amanda Plummer is a mute crime victim; Mary Beth Hurt is a schoolgirl turned wife and mother, the love of T.S. Garp's life and the personification of the idea of Home. And Robin Williams, in his first starring role, has never been better cast--in the role of a human being, that is. This most unusual life story--written by Steve Tesich (Breaking Away) and directed by George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)--perfectly captures the tragi-comic, absurdist/humanist worldview of Irving's novel. The opening credits, with a wide-eyed baby floating about the screen to the tune of the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four," sums up the movie's scope and tone. After watching The World According to Garp, you may find yourself marveling anew at the world around you, a strange and wonderful place indeed. --Jim Emerson |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | GARP: Still fun,but very scattered.VHS better than DVD |
| After all these years,watching GARP again I am even more convinced that as charmingly odd and well acted this film is,it still is very scattered and uneven it's story.As always with John Irving books that get adapted to screen, the problem is how to catch the essence and stay true to the work.The screenplay by Steve Tesich (BREAKING AWAY) has it's moments that are genuinely fun,but still at 136 minutes there are a lot of themes and characters to get through,and Tesich does this only mediocre at best.This film is full of interesting characters and situations, as well as platitudes on life,but it still has that "cram-it-all-in feeling" while sacrificing character development and plot line themes.Still this film showcases the likes of Glenn Close,John Lithgow,Mary Beth Hurt and Robin Williams doing fine work.Williams seems to me still oddly miscast for the part,even though he seems comfortable in the role.
John Irving writes about unconventional things.GARP is still unconventional,but the performances and situations keep this film floating at 3-3 1/2 stars.The VHS tape is superior to the DVD in both matting and sound.Stick with the tape! |
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