What's the Difference between The World According to Garp the Book and The World According to Garp the Movie?
The World According to Garp Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
He doesn't say this. |
As a boy, Garp refers to the "Long Ranger" instead of the "Lone Ranger". |
Jenny tells Garp that his father was a Ball Turret Gunner. |
He was a Tail Gunner.
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This doesn't happen. |
Garp is obsessed with Planes and his dead father. |
Jenny decides that Garp should take up wrestling. |
Garp decides for himself because he thinks the helmets the wrestler's wear look like the helmet he imagined his father wore.
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After Garp, in drag, is chased out of his mother's funeral he jumps in a cab and the driver says many disparaging things about women. Garp becomes angered and tells the cabbie he is an asshole and a moron. Garp threatens to call a cop and accuse him of assault if the cabbie doesn't shut up. |
This doesn't happen. |