Alan Arkin
Capt. John Yossarian
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Catch-22 is a 1970 American satirical 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 Buck Henry (also in the cast) worked on the film script for two years ...
Jun 24, 1970 · Catch-22: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel. A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Mike Nichols
- 1970-06-24
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Catch-22 takes entertainingly chaotic aim at the insanity of armed conflict, supported by a terrific cast and smart, funny work from Buck Henry and Mike Nichols. This scathing war satire follows ...
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- Mike Nichols
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- Alan Arkin
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. Futilely appealing to his commanding ...
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. It took him seven years of rewriting to get all the pieces in the air at the same time. For Nichols to pull off the same trick with a movie, which has so many more pieces ...
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Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller.He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters.
