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Synopsis. Captain John Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombardier, is stationed on the Mediterranean base on Pianosa during World War II. Along with his squadron members, Yossarian is committed to flying dangerous missions, but after watching friends die, he seeks a means of escape.
Roger Ebert January 01, 1970. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Mike Nichols' "Catch-22" is a disappointment, and not simply because it fails to do justice to the Heller novel. That was almost inevitable, I guess; there was something of a juggling act in Heller's eccentric masterpiece.
Catch-22 was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1970, directed by Mike Nichols. Alan Arkin portrayed Capt. Yossarian, with an ensemble cast including Art Garfunkel as Nately, Jon Voight as Milo Minderbinder, Orson Welles as General Dreedle, and Martin Balsam as Colonel Cathcart, amongst many others.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Catch-22 is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film adapted from the 1961 novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. In creating a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" of Heller's satirical anti-war novel set at a fictional Mediterranean base during World War II, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter ...
Overview. A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation. Mike Nichols. Director. Joseph Heller. Novel. Buck Henry. Screenplay. A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war.
About. Catch-22. COMEDY. Director Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Working Girl) brings Joseph Heller's scathing best-selling black comedy to the big screen. The epic anti-war satire features an all-star cast in the story of a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors.
