Catch-22

Catch-22 (1970)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1970-06-24

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Filmways Pictures

Genre

War, Comedy

Budget

$18 000 000

Revenue

$24 911 670

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Director

Mike Nichols

Actors

Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen
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Scenario

Producer

Martin Ransohoff, John Calley

Operator

David Watkin

Composer

Artist

Audition

Alan Shayne

Editing

Sam O'Steen
All team (42)

• The film is based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller.
• Orson Welles tried to acquire the rights to film the movie, but ended up with only a short role as General Dridlo.
• George C. Scott refused the role of Colonel Cathcart, stating that he had already played such a role – in Dr. Strangelove.
• Gene Wilder turned down the role of Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder.
• The director requested 36 B-25 Mitchell bombers for filming, but managed to “procure” only 17 that were airworthy. The eighteenth was destroyed during the filming of a crash scene.
• The scene in which the aviation regiment takes to the skies is one of the longest scenes of its kind in cinema. A total of four takes were made, in each of which all 17 aircraft took off.
• Assistant director John Jordan died during filming, falling from a flying airplane.
• “Catch-22” is the first American big-screen film to feature a close-up of a character sitting on a toilet – that's how the squadron commander (Bolsam) chose to receive his subordinates.
• George C. Scott refused the role of Colonel Cathcart, stating that he had already played a similar role – in Dr. Strangelove.
• The scene in which the aviation regiment takes off is one of the longest of its kind in cinema. A total of four takes were made, in each of which all 17 aircraft took to the sky.