Corrected entry: The red truck that haunts Garp is seen twice in the movie. The license plate changes.
The World According to Garp (1982)
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Directed by: George Roy Hill
Starring: Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Jessica Tandy, Mary Beth Hurt
Continuity mistake: As Garp is being placed aboard the helicopter, the rotor motor can be heard spinning, but there is no downdraft affecting the people in the scene.
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Trivia: Even though Mary Beth Hurt and Glenn Close played women from different generations, in reality they are only a year apart in age.
Question: Does anyone know why Boo hated Garp so much, the movie doesn't explain it.
Answer: The book makes it pretty obvious that there are a number of factors: 1) She caught Garp and her sister in the middle of things. 2) Garp hurt her dog. 3) She actually hated him from the start and it just got worse.
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Correction: The truck could have been re-registered or replaced with a very similar model. The truck is in scenes that are years apart (first Duncan is a baby, later he is a much older kid. Garp also says the driver has been terrorizing the neighbourhood for years.) Granted, the driver does look the same in each scene (he must age like most of the characters in the movie) and the same or similar rags are tied to the truck. So the same truck was probably used for filming but the number plate changes aren't a mistake.