The World According to Garp

1982 · 136 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 29,855 VOTES · DIR. George Roy Hill

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Overview

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,554 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:36 Garp?
00:06:48 Give this to me.
00:11:50 Go away, Bonkers!
00:15:31 Let's go. Ready?
00:20:32 A splinter of steel had lodged in his brain and all he could say was his name: Garp.
00:26:20 Do it!
00:33:28 - Nothing's happened to me yet, Mom. - Well, too bad.
00:39:45 Garp bit Bonkie.
00:43:36 Your mother's weird.
00:50:59 - But when I wanted to write about your... - My son is also a writer.
00:55:55 It's for Frank, my husband.
01:00:36 Yeah, real. He's very young.
01:06:48 Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't know.
01:10:42 What's gradual school?
01:18:37 It used to be Terribly Sexy, but I changed.
01:24:40 I will never ever write anything that lovely.
01:30:59 This is going to be a real family project.
01:36:08 There are a lot of sick people out there. Your mother gets even worse than these.
01:42:08 I think we're still having fun.
01:50:34 Hey, you! Dildo!
01:55:03 Maybe, but you also want to get at the Ellen Jamesians.
02:02:12 I hated crowds.
02:07:28 You're not taking Donaldson's class. That's a real bore.
02:13:10 Ta-ranta-ranta-ra.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,554
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:02:36
Final line02:13:10

Production Record

DirectorGeorge Roy Hill
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17,000,000
Revenue$29,712,172
IMDb votes29,855