Catch-22
Catch-22
“ The nice thing about war is that the person who kills you really has nothing against you. Personally. ”
CINEMA1970-06-24
DIGITAL2001-05-22
RegionUS
Runtime121 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Mike Nichols adapts Joseph Heller’s legendary satirical novel exposing the inescapable circular logic of military bureaucracy.”
Storyline
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
DIRECTOR / Director
Mike Nichols
KEYWORDS
suicideislandbased on novel or bookfascismworld war iibombersatireus armyfascistsoldieramericanu.s. soldiermilitaryanti warbombardieritalian occupation1940sair force pilotair force baseu.s. army air corpsaircraftamerican soldierswar against fascismwar absurdityabsurd comedywar profiteerwar satire
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