- Actors: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Anthony Perkins, Bob Newhart
- Directors: Mike Nichols
- Format: PAL, Colour, Full Screen, Mono
- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Paramount
- VHS Release Date: 6 Aug 2001
- Run Time: 116 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000057TIS
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,140 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 was one of the seminal literary events of the 1960s, but Mike Nichols' film adaptation ultimately proved too literal in its attempt to bring Heller's fragmented fiction to the screen. Still, Nichols, who made this on the heels of The Graduate, seemed the ideal candidate to tackle this Buck Henry adaptation. The story deals with bomber pilot Yossarian (Alan Arkin), who has flown enough missions to get out of World War II but can't because the number of missions needed for discharge keeps getting raised. The satire and absurdity of Heller's book get lost in Nichols' effort to give screen time to the members of his all-star cast, which includes Orson Welles, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Richard Benjamin and Martin Sheen. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I suspect that anyone who hasn't read the book may struggle to follow the plot in this. For those who have, some of the scenes are brilliantly transposed to film, and Yossarian himself is perfect, as are some of the others. Ultimately though, all it really did is make me desperately want to read the book again.
Format:VHS Tape
Read the book first, then thought I'd give this movie a go.
Still don't really get it, and not sure that I care...
Happy to forget I'd ever read or seen it, to be honest.
Still don't really get it, and not sure that I care...
Happy to forget I'd ever read or seen it, to be honest.
Format:DVD
The story is mostly flashback on flashback. The basic story is of Capt. John Yossarian (Alan Arkin), World War II bombardier, who wants to get out of the war. However it gets real complicated with many characters that are players by a bevy of character actors. There is plenty of subtle comedy mixed with some scenes that can make you sick.
A lot of what looks like disjointed and irrelevant scenes with becomes one cohesive story by the end. Even the frontal nudity scene fits. If you like this sort of film you should watch "Jacob's Latter."
With all the effort and great filming this film still has no exceptional or socially meaningful message. Luckily the film is complete and we can understand what is being cut out of TV versions.
My favorite part was the part where when Yossarian first sees Luciana (Olimpia Carlisi) in white walking by and they play "Also sprach Zarathustra" Written by Richard Strauss
A lot of what looks like disjointed and irrelevant scenes with becomes one cohesive story by the end. Even the frontal nudity scene fits. If you like this sort of film you should watch "Jacob's Latter."
With all the effort and great filming this film still has no exceptional or socially meaningful message. Luckily the film is complete and we can understand what is being cut out of TV versions.
My favorite part was the part where when Yossarian first sees Luciana (Olimpia Carlisi) in white walking by and they play "Also sprach Zarathustra" Written by Richard Strauss
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