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Catch - 22 [DVD] [1970]

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3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Martin Balsam, Bob Newhart, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Richard Benjamin
  • Directors: Mike Nichols
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UPNV
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,903 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Based on Joseph Heller's much-loved best-selling novel, this sometimes disturbing antiwar satire centers around a group of World War II fliers in the Mediterranean and the insanity of war. The catch-22 of the title deals with a military snafu that results when a bombardier in the war attempts to get out of the military by feigning insanity--however, completing the paperwork for this proves him sane. Mike Nichols (THE GRADUATE) directed this wacky romp, getting supporting help from such stars as Alan Arkin (who makes the perfect Yossarian), Art Garfunkel, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Martin Sheen, and Orson Welles.

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the greatest film of the sixties, 23 Jan 2003
By Charalampos Lamprou "haris_" (Athens , Greece) - See all my reviews
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'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.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars great film, 25 Jun 2007
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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.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fans of the novel- this film is for you!, 28 Jun 2005
having read the book hundreds of times and never having seen the film, i couldn't wait to watch it. my partner has never read the book but when the film arrived we both settled down to watch it. i loved it. a superbly elegant film which must have been hard to fit in all the relevant details so meticulously recorded in the novel, but they did it very well. my girlfriend on the other hand didn't enjoy it due to the fact that she had not read the book and i think this would be the same for others. fans of the novel- this film is for you!
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1.0 out of 5 stars 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

3.0 out of 5 stars 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

2.0 out of 5 stars Should never have been made
Having read the novel, which I thought was very well written, I was curious to see whether it could translate to the big screen. It couldn't. Read more
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This has to be one of my all time favourite films, well worth revisiting from time to time. It has everything, amazing humour (much of it black) drama, pathos, adventure and with... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good value, but where's the punch?
It's very good value for a DVD and an entertaining 117 mins. In additionto the film (available in about 20 languages), there is a photo galleryand commentary by Mike Nichols and... Read more
Published on 28 April 2004 by simdeva

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