I love war movies. I love satirical-war movies even best! I think after Dr. Strangelove, this is the second best satirical-war movie although it had the bad luck of being released at the wrong time. Yes, you see it was released in 1970, the same year M.A.S.H (another, more successful satirical-war movie) and Patton (a realistic war movie) were released. Anyways, It has such lunatic characters that... read more
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Despite the changes in the screenplay, Joseph Heller approved of the film, according to a commentary by Nichols and Steven Soderbergh included on a DVD release. According to Nichols, Heller was particularly impressed with a few scenes and bits of dialogue Henry created for the film, and said he wished he could have included them in the novel."
"Probably one of the weirdest war film you'll ever watch.
" Let me see if I've got this straight: in order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy and I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy any more and I have to keep flying. "
" Whoo.. That's some catch, that Catch- 22. "
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Plot: A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
Genre: Comedy | War
Director: Mike Nichols
Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Anthony Perkins
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Story: 7 | Story Idea: 8 | Acting: 7 | Score: 5 | Visuals: 7
Overall:
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"Second Unit Director John Jordan refused to wear a harness during a bomber scene. While giving a hand signal to another airplane from the tail gunner position in the camera plane, he lost his grip and fell 4 000 feet to his death. "
"Man was this a weird and oddly funny satire war film. Alan Arkin leads a wonderful but strange cast. Dont really no what to say about this film. Did i like or not? there lies the question.
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portlander added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago
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Watched March 31st - Netflix Streaming - Rewatch
"Let me see if I've got this straight - in order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy and I must be crazy to keep flying, but if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy any more and I have to keep flying." - Captain John Yossarian
It has been ages since I have seen Catch-22, but it is leaving Netflix streaming tomorrow, so I decided to give it another look. I forgot how great the cast was - Alan Arkin, Anthony Perkins, Martin Balsam,and"
BadSmile added this to a list 1 year, 2 months ago