<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $29,712,172 </Td> </Tr> <P> The World According to Garp is a 1982 American comedy - drama film produced and directed by George Roy Hill, written by Steve Tesich, and starring Robin Williams in the title role . It is based on the novel The World According to Garp by John Irving . For their roles, John Lithgow and Glenn Close were respectively nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 55th Academy Awards . </P> <P> The movie adaptation was filmed mostly in the Leewood Estates neighborhood of Eastchester, New York in the spring and summer of 1981 . Many scenes were filmed at the town's high school, as well as Rutgers University . </P> <P> T.S. Garp is the illegitimate son of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields, who wanted a child but not a husband . A nurse during World War II, she encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp (that being the only sound he is able to utter) who was severely brain damaged in combat . Unconstrained by convention and driven by her desire for a child, Jenny is able to rape Garp due to his priapism, thus impregnating herself . She names the resultant child after Garp and raises him on her own . </P>

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