John Irving is a master of psychological prose and a brilliant screenwriter. Films based on his books have been on screens for more than one decade. For the screenplay based on his novel “The Cider House Rules,” Irving received an Oscar. True, loud fame came to him in 1978 with the bestseller “The World According to Garp,” awarded the National Book Award. The film adaptation (“The World According to Garp” in our distribution), starring Robin Williams, became an event in the world of cinema.
“As Soon as I Find You” is, in his own words, his most autobiographical book. The hero of the novel, Hollywood actor Jack Burns, grew up the same way the author did—without knowing his biological father. His mother surrounded him with silence and mystifications. The search for his father—both the beginning and the end of this epic—determines all of Jack’s life. A handsome favorite of women, a talented performer, he plays all his roles for one single viewer.