Saw this movie back in 1983 as a 17 year old kid. What John Lithgow did in this movie made me an instant fan of him. The World According to Garp is among my favourite movies ever.
@jediknight73
2 жыл бұрын
I like him in all his movies
@ichhabe330
2 жыл бұрын
@@jediknight73 He is undoubtful a great great actor. You can not not like him. Even in Footloose he was fantastic.
@FestinaLente-rn7jr
6 ай бұрын
I was 16 and went into the theater expecting the comedic antics of Robin Williams. I walked out kinda feeling much the same way I did after watching Apocalypse Now: entertained, but with a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach.
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
@@FestinaLente-rn7jrI didn't know Williams, this made me ♥ him always. But after seeing the movie recently for the 1st time since seeing it in theatres, it doesn't hold up, we've moved on in our politics (but still have LONG way to go).
@Jennyfisch
4 жыл бұрын
I love how Roberta is low-key rolling her eyes at the Ellen-Jamesean, and she had Garp's back at his mother's funeral. She was the voice of reason in this film.
@exiledanon1406
3 жыл бұрын
*He
@blythetaylor4063
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah although when I saw it it had a bit of an implication that people born female are inherently “more hysterical” and this person was less hysterical because they transitioned, which aligns with other jokes I’ve heard (like how the hot/crazy index doesn’t apply to trans women because having more in common with cis men makes them less crazy)
@shadyp-zv3uf
2 жыл бұрын
I used this same picture as my profile image for a long time.... I love and raise ducks
@gmar7836
2 жыл бұрын
She was! She is played absolutely perfect by John Lithgow. 😊
@VinceLyle2161
Жыл бұрын
Threw a mean block, too.
@charliefromstarkvillemissi1852
2 жыл бұрын
Remember, kids- That’s also the Trinity Killer. Lithgow is the Tim Curry of USA actors- if he can’t do it, it cannot be done. He never tried to parody anything to do with gender identity. He’s the best character in the film, the most logical, yet most free-thinking character.
@ambercloud2776
Жыл бұрын
I agree a thousand percent! A real treasure. So is Robin though! Love them both!
@RoachDoggJr435
Ай бұрын
Well yeah, he was obviously the most logical, he's a dude 😂
@muir2809
4 жыл бұрын
Genie and Lord Farquaad having a little heart to heart
@gliblyaware
2 жыл бұрын
From the age of 12 to 15 I probably watched this movie 30 times. An all time favorite. Funny, smart, heartwarming and dark all at the same time.
@MMikemezta
3 ай бұрын
The nostalgic feeling that this movie gave me is Overwhelming I miss this era.
@bovnycccoperalover3579
2 жыл бұрын
Loved Roberta , the book and the film but it's the most distinctive book I have read or movie I have seen. I laughed and cried. Everyone in it was wonderful and John Lithgow had guts to play that character 40 years ago!
@eivorwolf-kissed6790
3 жыл бұрын
Robin Williams never aged in his 30s throughout the 80s and 90s. Looks so young like he’s in his 20s
@SuperWolsey
3 жыл бұрын
Aw, now I wished appeared on 3rd Rock. There would've been a dry seat in the live audience
@quinnjohnson4690
3 ай бұрын
What are you talking about robin Williams looked 40 at 25 lol. He always looked older
@charlottemonicateague9966
Жыл бұрын
I love this character and John Lithgow’s performance. While cisgender actors playing trans characters has been controversial in recent years, for the time this was groundbreaking. John didn’t treat Roberta as a mockery and instead portrayed her as an earnest and well-rounded character who aside from trans was just a normal person instead of a walking joke.
@FrshJurassicPrnceYA
Жыл бұрын
*sigh* It’s just a movie lady, sir.. whatever you are!
@ChrisIrvng
10 ай бұрын
Great acting
@glowmentor
9 ай бұрын
'Cis gender'😂😂😂😂😂
@TheCman183
8 ай бұрын
All they did was complement the actor's preformance y'all can stop being childish.
@josephzallen1527
7 ай бұрын
OH SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@theatergeek82
9 жыл бұрын
I loved John Lithgow in this role
@constipatedlecher
7 жыл бұрын
yikes
@QuentinBuetow1970
5 жыл бұрын
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 - You're a bit butt-hurt by a simple comment about an actor's role. Do you have repressed homosexual ideations? Do you fondle yourself while perusing the pages of Men's Health magazine? Do you secretly fantasize about the feel of a strong man's touches and caresses on your body in the wee dark hours of the lonely night?
@AngelofMusic04
5 жыл бұрын
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Maybe its because people like you act like such contemptuous trash to them that the suicide rates don't lessen.
@charlottemonicateague9966
Жыл бұрын
Cry about it
@infonut
2 жыл бұрын
Williams never looked better than this. He was such a good actor and I always thought very, very handsome. Did anyone catch Kaiulani Lee as Barbara, the militant Ellen Jamesian? I love her chin and 20-past-8 mouth. This was one of her first movie roles.
@tweepixie
9 жыл бұрын
This movie is way ahead of it´s time!
@Antnj81
7 жыл бұрын
Twee Pixie yup, but in all the wrong ways
@GinaSigillito
7 жыл бұрын
I was talking about this the other night. John Irving was right about everything.
@meghancalahan4798
5 жыл бұрын
It gives me so much comfort, such a smart slice of empathy and a great window into story telling
@SnowyNightFlyer
4 жыл бұрын
The book on which it based is fantastic, too.
@karenlm9062
3 жыл бұрын
Actually the book was ahead of its time. The movie came out later.
@jc6594
4 жыл бұрын
Happy 75th Birthday John Lithgow
@MrCWells3000
5 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie as a little boy, and I never fully understood what a wry yet devastating critique of radical feminism it is.
@theguywhoisaustralian1465
5 жыл бұрын
The book is even better
@entewente
5 жыл бұрын
wat
@michaelroberts3004
3 жыл бұрын
@@entewente self mutilation and fabrication of victimhood sets movements back.
@entewente
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelroberts3004 you seem quite upset about the people you made up in your own head.
@billyboycinci
2 жыл бұрын
When a movement supposed to be about equal rights and mutual respect goes overboard and reaches the point of absurdly it loses it's ability and perhaps it's right to be taken seriously. Today's super WOKE nonsense where EVERYONE is a "victim", I'm looking at you!
@drewhunkins7192
6 жыл бұрын
Glenn Close's best performance, imho.
@krisscanlon4051
4 жыл бұрын
Way ahead of its time in a way...stirs up different emotions...good work does that
@orangefanization
5 жыл бұрын
"I had a great pair of hands" lol classic...
@jpaulglobal
4 жыл бұрын
the look/nod after that line had me in stitches.
@GasCityGuy
Жыл бұрын
A movie 40yrs ahead of it’s time!
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
Well, no, today it's not the feminists committing violence.
@jediknight73
2 жыл бұрын
Love John Lithgow in this . And I watched it like 12 times and I was just 9 years old
@marvel096
7 жыл бұрын
Loved Roberta Muldoon!! She's my favorite character from the book 😍
@jamesclaytonbowman5977
9 күн бұрын
It really is amazing how ahead of its time this movie/book is with respect to how they portray Roberta's character. Far beyond the baseline of just dignified as a trans character, but downright heroic.
@deddyson
10 ай бұрын
"All I do is just touch her"... not recommended to use after "me too movement "😂
@zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst
5 жыл бұрын
Wade Winston Wilson AKA Deadpool Merc with the Mouth: Well done to both the late Robin McLaurin Williams AKA the original animated Genie and of course Mr John Arthur Lithgow playing as a transgender woman 100% Amazing top notch performance for both of them.
@adamhaas1
3 жыл бұрын
Lord Farquaad looks fabulous
@butlercorp
2 жыл бұрын
He’s a little taller in this flick
@stephenszklarski5446
3 жыл бұрын
I had a great pair of hands lol one of the best movie lines ever!!
@robfrancis8690
2 жыл бұрын
Two of the best!
@girlgirl6247
9 жыл бұрын
my favorite Robin Williams movie!
@QuentinBuetow1970
5 жыл бұрын
@@annahale1187 - Yeah, you're probably the type to be content watching fodder such as "Blue's Clues" and "Thomas the Tank Engine".
@gmoney5300
4 жыл бұрын
Good morning Vietnam was his best. This movie creeped me out.
@takethisguntandshoveit
3 жыл бұрын
@@gmoney5300 good movies make you feel things
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
Interesting people compare this fiction to 2 war movies.
@gazepskotzs4
8 жыл бұрын
I love the books of John Irving and this movie is as good
@gazepskotzs4
8 жыл бұрын
as the book!
@gazepskotzs4
8 жыл бұрын
John Litgow as Roberta Muldoon is perfect!
@justinhenry6028
3 жыл бұрын
God damn it, this book was incredibly perceptive.
@gradeacontent-o1751
4 жыл бұрын
1:56 who knew robin williams would predict modern feminism
@JazzFlop212
4 жыл бұрын
Shut upppp please
@cr8iveamboy775
4 жыл бұрын
Glen Close had a cameo in Hook! Also, the Lithgow's Robert to Roberta similarly foreshadows the Kaitlyn Jenner transgender tranformation
@williamshaw9047
3 жыл бұрын
The boo box!
@SuperWolsey
3 жыл бұрын
Buckle up, buckaroo
@colthunter9210
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Robin Williams movie
@Nautilus1972
9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant movie, top to bottom.
@Ansonidak
9 жыл бұрын
+Nautilus1972 Agreed. I had forgotten how good this movie is.
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
Enjoyed it more in theatres, it was truly groundbreaking then.
@FrshJurassicPrnceYA
Жыл бұрын
Is Roberta Muldoon the long lost sister of Robert Muldoon from Jurassic park? 🤔
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
Post-op, she's had work done.
@szashcraft
3 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of this. I wanna watch
@ryan49er1
3 жыл бұрын
It's a great movie...dark in a sense but great acting
@TheKitchenerLeslie
3 жыл бұрын
I always loved this movie and it's so prescient of the modern Left. This is the first movie that made me cry.
@lilianebeeckman2901
5 жыл бұрын
Vond dit een uitstekende film en ik denk nu nog.
@janellekent7081
4 жыл бұрын
I don't care what people say, But John Lithgow made one beautiful woman in this movie.
@charliefromstarkvillemissi1852
2 жыл бұрын
CONVINCING woman. He plays it completely straight, so you forget it’s a 6’4” balding man who played the Trinity Killer.
@ericanderson7059
4 ай бұрын
Garp trumps Gump by a margin thinner than a Benjamin Button or a Kaiserblade .
@toddkatz9390
4 жыл бұрын
1:08 - "...good idea." (Prescient, Mr. Irving, prescient.) ...number 90 did have a great pair of hands though.
@MrCristoforoantonio
7 жыл бұрын
There have been MANY trans roles in movies over the years, but John Lithgow did it the BEST.
@TheSpeakenglish
5 жыл бұрын
Willem Dafoe in Boondock Saints was Oscar worthy. Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire is better than Lithgow in a dress.
@ChristianDeHadleigh
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheSpeakenglish neither of those were transgender roles
@IWantToMature85
3 жыл бұрын
@@ChristianDeHadleigh lithgow played a transwoman
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
This movie treated the character best, just a member of the family.
@spindletopcenter
2 жыл бұрын
I love Roberta
@survivingchicago5797
5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading the book and thinking to myself......what if this lunacy would really take hold of society, I guess I got my answer.
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
This lunacy is nature & biology, 1 in 2,000 human births gender non-specific.
@pepela5739
9 жыл бұрын
Great scene.
@douggreen5344
5 жыл бұрын
This is a very good movie
@gilbertmartinez1504
7 жыл бұрын
Aren't Glenn Close and Robin Williams about the same age?
@rpmcmurphy1758
7 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Martinez 4 years apart. Mary Beth Hurt, who played Williams' wife is only a year younger than Close.
@jameskardys3452
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, Hurt is 5 1/2 months OLDER than Close.
@queenceecee733
5 жыл бұрын
Glenn Close is 8 years older than Robin
@franciscoamayanaranjo2213
3 жыл бұрын
Glenn was born in 1947 and Robin in 1951. 4 years apart.
@waldorf2007
3 жыл бұрын
OMG from now on I'm taking A Vow of Frowns ☹
@florpfacejinglefribbins1984
2 жыл бұрын
We are still so far behind when it comes to trans representation, but even 40 years ago this movie gave us no room to laugh at Roberta, it treated her as a full human being. Not a man in drag, not someone deceiving people, just a person like anybody else. It is absolutely a problem that trans characters are played by cis actors far more often than trans actors, but this is far and away the best example of the former on film to this day.
@florpfacejinglefribbins1984
2 жыл бұрын
@A N B B we as a culture
@GasCityGuy
Жыл бұрын
By definition an actor is pretending to be something they are not. So it shouldn’t matter who plays what so long as it’s done respectfully.
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
3rd Spirited portrayed in Little Big Man in 1970.
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
@@GasCityGuyWomen weren't allowed to play Shakespeare's female roles to begin with.
@peteradaniel
5 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, how old is Glenn Close? and how old was Robin Williams? And she's playing his mother?
@rabbitskipper4454
5 жыл бұрын
Not unusual in Hollywood. In the movie Boyz in the hood..while in character. Lawrence Fishburne played Cuba Gooding Jr's father. Fishburne is 57 years old and Gooding is 51.
@DS-wk1kn
5 жыл бұрын
@@rabbitskipper4454 - They weren't 57 and 51 then.
@rabbitskipper4454
5 жыл бұрын
@@DS-wk1kn Glad you realize that.🙄 My point was there was a man who played another man's father(Fishburne) who was just 6 years older than the man who played the son.(Gooding)
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
Jessie Royce Landis & Cary Grant in North By Northwest, Myrna Loy & Theresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives. They're not documentaries, Lithgow not trans.
@keonta81
Ай бұрын
At that time Robin was 31 and Glenn was 35
@dogmachine2406
3 жыл бұрын
My favourite scene is the car accident scene.
@dogmachine2406
3 жыл бұрын
@The Great SteveO it sure is.
@unowen-nh9ov
5 ай бұрын
It's the scene my Mother quoted me from the novel.
@cullentaussig
2 ай бұрын
Trinity lol
@johnmorrishowelliii5889
2 жыл бұрын
we owe them so much
@KidGDanger
4 ай бұрын
Hades and the Genie
@NewsHistorian
2 ай бұрын
Remember seeing this when it came out and thought the idea of a famous professional athlete becoming a trans woman was so unrealistic.
@timwalker2778
4 жыл бұрын
This movie is too politically incorrect to be made in today's environment.
@pauljamieson9908
6 жыл бұрын
Never heard of this movie till.now
@jgfunk
4 жыл бұрын
How about the book? It's fantastic.
@stonesdude154
2 жыл бұрын
Fishers Island NY
@fweedle
8 жыл бұрын
Lithogow looking kinda hot
@charlottemonicateague9966
Жыл бұрын
Best he’s ever looked!
@richalderson6069
Жыл бұрын
Roberta Muldoon: a trans identified male with a sense of humour that can deadname themselves. That would be rare these days.
@jfayiii
4 жыл бұрын
This is the inevitable end game that will result.
@poisonbonbons8684
3 жыл бұрын
Huh?
@edwardbaumbarger160
Жыл бұрын
Is this same area as Dan In Real Life?
@mikefingers8909
Жыл бұрын
tight ends aren't allowed to wear #90 in the nfl.
@gmar7836
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic house. With a sea view. ❤
@jaxcredible4499
3 жыл бұрын
The tongues can be replaced with the left over tissues from the man's bottom surgery.
@cameraman655
4 жыл бұрын
So this is the film that kicked off the MGTOW movement.
@carlamarlene2927
7 жыл бұрын
bruce/kaitlyn jenner anyone?
@ciaramaria1195
7 жыл бұрын
Bruce Jenner watched this religiously
@FranciscoHernandez-wy8go
2 жыл бұрын
Lets fly!
@nitefox4411
4 жыл бұрын
In my friendship with Miss Alecia Brevard it was the only time she dared attract more attention and possibly be outed but she "claimed" to me in an email that she auditioned for the role. She passed TOO WELL as a woman though. She considered the role for whatever reason. The truth was she would NOT have passed as a man, even if she was born as Buddy. She was a bunny at the Bunny Hutch so the script would have needed to be re-written to make it more believable. No viewer would ever buy Alecia had been a "tight end" on a football team. The world needed shock even back then. Bruce Jenner would be more believable...not Alecia. I don't know which story is more incredible? That the real McCoy was too unbelievable or a Bruce Jenner history? She got rid of testosterone when she was very young by performing her own castration on her kitchen table. She never had to "weather" years of testosterone and what it does to the features. She was serious about not wanting it though. Her doctor was the original Dr. Harry Benjamen whom every old transexual knows as "setting the standards." RIP Robin and Alecia.
@crnkmnky
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing a piece of transsexual history with which I was unfamiliar!
@derricdueker64
2 жыл бұрын
This movie always made me 🤔
@juanrafhael
3 жыл бұрын
is that caityln jenner lol
@SuperWolsey
3 жыл бұрын
Dicky Jo!!
@ziggytonumaa
4 ай бұрын
This movie was absolute garbage. John Lithgow and Glenn Close saved what was humanly possible. The direction and screenplay was horrid.
@Al_Bundy_1966
7 жыл бұрын
This movie was way ahead of it's time. It perfectly portrays the SJW's of the world we now live in and dictated by. But don't worry folks, Donald Trump is doing his best to fix it.
@mygoogleemail2063
6 жыл бұрын
Al Bundy he’s amazing, it’s the kind of role that could kill a career but he nailed it.
@DS-wk1kn
5 жыл бұрын
@@mygoogleemail2063 - I'm not sure you understood Al Bundy's (very ignorant) comment.
@drbluebox1
4 жыл бұрын
Hearing about the differences between the book and movie I find the ending more shocking, Poo killed Garp as she blamed him for his sisters death in childbirth even though her sister was a tramp long before she slept with Garp she should of blamed her father as he was a domestic abuser, and Poo was a Ellen Jamesian. I always did wonder her motives I just assumed she was a nasty piece of work as she set out to ruin Garps relationship with his future wife early on.
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