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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Arabic ( Subtitles ), Czech ( Subtitles ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Greek ( Subtitles ), Hebrew ( Subtitles ), Hungarian ( Subtitles ), Icelandic ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Polish ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Romanian ( Subtitles ), Slovenian ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Mike Nichols' superbly directed cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller's scathing black comedy. 'Catch 22' is the tale of a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together, they are frightened, nervous, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. 'Catch 22' is an anti-war satire of epic proportions! SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, ...Catch 22 ( Catch Twenty Two )
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I think that if someone had written this as a screenplay, and the book had never have existed it would have received far more acclaim than it has, and wouldn't have half as many negative reviews as it does (on this site at least, generally amongst critics the film has become universally acclaimed, though all admit it is flawed, which is to be expected when it had to follow up to Heller's book). It would take a 5 hour film to do the book justice and to expect a visual duplicate of the book i think would be madness.
Mike Nichols created a film as good as i ever could have expected. The scenes in the book which I found to be either the most funny, or most moving, were in my mind portrayed perfectly by Mike Nichols (just as Yossarian was portrayed perfectly by Alan Arkin) and i strongly urge any fan of the book to watch the film.
Mike Nichols created a film as good as i ever could have expected. The scenes in the book which I found to be either the most funny, or most moving, were in my mind portrayed perfectly by Mike Nichols (just as Yossarian was portrayed perfectly by Alan Arkin) and i strongly urge any fan of the book to watch the film.
45 of 48 people found the following review helpful
'Help him , help him ! Help the bombardier!'. These recurring lines from the film where it's logo for a long time after its first release. This is a story about a US Air force bombing squadron in WWII unlike no other.Captain Yossarian , played by Alan Arkin in the best performance of his career , faces the biggest puzzle of his life: if you go on flying more missions you're mad ,but if you don't want to fly any more missions you're not mad! The absurdity of military rationale in all its greatness.
Set in a barren , haunting coast somewhere in Mediterreanean , you get the sense from the first minutes of the film that this is not a usual war film. At a time when the Vietnam war controversy was raging in the US , Mike Nichols puts in screen the novel by Joseph Heller , a grotesquely hillarious description of the military.
This is the best film of Mike Nichols. Filmed at a time when visual effects was a word from the future , only the genious of a true cinematographer could produce such powerful and tricky scenes ( The take-off scene is just magnificent).
The great thing about this film is that while the story is absurd and hilarious , the realism of the photography and of the characters is so intense that you never get to doubt about it at all.
Set in a barren , haunting coast somewhere in Mediterreanean , you get the sense from the first minutes of the film that this is not a usual war film. At a time when the Vietnam war controversy was raging in the US , Mike Nichols puts in screen the novel by Joseph Heller , a grotesquely hillarious description of the military.
This is the best film of Mike Nichols. Filmed at a time when visual effects was a word from the future , only the genious of a true cinematographer could produce such powerful and tricky scenes ( The take-off scene is just magnificent).
The great thing about this film is that while the story is absurd and hilarious , the realism of the photography and of the characters is so intense that you never get to doubt about it at all.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Yes, well, the book HAS to be read as it is indeed a crazy, wonderful, hilarious modern classic.
And for the film Mike Nichols does a wonderful job - using fabulous photographic techniques (long lenses, long takes, and stunning compositions).
And Alan Arkin is so Yossarian, it's not true. I now cannot imagine anyone else.
And there are some superbly handled scenes: the man-in-white in the ward, the bombing runs with pipe-smoking Arfy - wonderful... and the superb scenes with Orson Welles as Dreedle ("Take him out and shoot him!") - not to mention Anthony Perkins as the padre, John Voight as Milo, and many, many more star cameos. Great stuff.
So, at the end of the day, it's a terrific film, and worth seeing for that. On the other hand it's not quite the whole book. How could it be? So see the film for all its pleasures. And return to the book for what spawned it.
But don't spurn it. It's great film-making, and Alan Arkin IS Yossarian....
And for the film Mike Nichols does a wonderful job - using fabulous photographic techniques (long lenses, long takes, and stunning compositions).
And Alan Arkin is so Yossarian, it's not true. I now cannot imagine anyone else.
And there are some superbly handled scenes: the man-in-white in the ward, the bombing runs with pipe-smoking Arfy - wonderful... and the superb scenes with Orson Welles as Dreedle ("Take him out and shoot him!") - not to mention Anthony Perkins as the padre, John Voight as Milo, and many, many more star cameos. Great stuff.
So, at the end of the day, it's a terrific film, and worth seeing for that. On the other hand it's not quite the whole book. How could it be? So see the film for all its pleasures. And return to the book for what spawned it.
But don't spurn it. It's great film-making, and Alan Arkin IS Yossarian....
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Better than M*A*S*H*....
I could never really quite get into MASH and that baseball game is wasted on me. Mike Nicol's Catch 22, though, that's different. It's instant. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Tim Kidner
Film Catch 22 a good watch
Enjoyed the film but may disappointed those who have read the book since to much is edited out, worth watching though but watch the film first then read the book
Published 1 month ago by jon-mos
Brilliant book
I had tried explaining catch 22 to a friends son, he couldn't understand the story. He read the book and loved it.
Published 2 months ago by Don M
catch 22
catch 22 is a large scale anti war satire .no cgi one of my favourite parts is when the b24 liberators take off at the beginning. Read more
Published 5 months ago by nobladeofgrass
Not even close to the book
Sorry to say that I had really high expectations for the film but was very disappointed. I read the book recently as it had been used as a metaphor on a course I had attended, and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by BK
Help him!
This is a truly great film but I can't help but feel it is merely an accompaniment to the book. My advice is read the book first to get the most out of it, which should be no chore... Read more
Published 24 months ago by David Ashford
Catch-22 Film - read the book first
This is a zany fun to watch film typical of the early 1970's. However, if you have never read the book it will be very difficult to follow and, in many scenes, make absolutely no... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2009 by Cire
Dialogue sound too low.
The dialogue sound was so low. It's lower then the music and the sound effects. very dissapointing.
Published on 20 July 2009 by George Daboul
Terrible Film
How this film got an average of 4 stars out of 5 I'll never know. The book is one of the best and funniest things I've ever read so I was sorely disappointed with the screen... Read more
Published on 24 April 2006 by R. Marchant
Dissapointment, but i guess watch it anyway.
Just watch the film after finishing the book last night. As soon as i opened the package and saw that it was a 15 certificate i new i was going to dissapointed. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2006 by Mrs L. Malone
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