Catch-22 (film)
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| Directed by | Mike Nichols |
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John Calley Martin Ransohoff |
| Screenplay by | Buck Henry |
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller |
| Starring | Alan Arkin |
| Music by | Richard Strauss |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Edited by | Sam O'Steen |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $24,911,670 |
Catch-22 is a 1970 American black comedy war film adapted from the 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 World War II Mediterranean base, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry (also in the cast) worked on the film script for two years, converting Heller's complex novel to the medium of film.
The cast included Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Italian actress Olimpia Carlisi, French comedian Marcel Dalio, Art Garfunkel (his acting debut), Jack Gilford, Charles Grodin, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, and Orson Welles.
Captain 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, and after watching friends die, he seeks a means of escape.
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