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<html> <head> <title>Catch-22</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Catch-22 <nobr>(24-Jun-1970)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.catch-22-1.jpg" height=220 width=148 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/455/000023386/">Mike Nichols</a><p><b>Writer:</b> <a href="/people/353/000023284/">Buck Henry</a><p><b>From novel:</b> <i>Catch-22</i> by <a href="/people/039/000047895/">Joseph Heller</a><p><b>Producers:</b> John Calley; Martin Ransohoff<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/299/000085044/">Dark Comedy</a>, <a href="/lists/712/000083463/">WWII</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>American bombardier Capt. Yossarian comes to the realization that as the required number of missions keeps rising, he will never reach the point at which he will be rotated off duty. He seeks medical disqualification based on insanity, for only one must be truly insane to continue flying; the surgeon declares him sane for realizing the insanity of his predicament. Hence the Catch 22. Meanwhile Milo Minderbinder runs a thriving black market business. Watch only in widescreen version or the excellent cinematography is ruined.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000022711/"><font size=-1>Alan Arkin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Mar-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Catch 22</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000024609/"><font size=-1>Bob Balaban</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Parents</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000063919/"><font size=-1>Martin Balsam</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Feb-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Thousand Clowns</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/031/000023959/"><font size=-1>Richard Benjamin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Westworld</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000044208/"><font size=-1>Peter Bonerz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Sitcom and film director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/806/000161323/"><font size=-1>Marcel Dalio</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Sun Also Rises</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/732/000043603/"><font size=-1>Norman Fell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mr. Roper on <i>Three's Company</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000022658/"><font size=-1>Art Garfunkel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Simon and Garfunkel</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/985/000132589/"><font size=-1>Jack Gilford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jul-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Save the Tiger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000023764/"><font size=-1>Charles Grodin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Apr-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/353/000023284/"><font size=-1>Buck Henry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Frequent <i>SNL</i> host</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000346907/"><font size=-1>Richard Libertini</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The In-Laws</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000023239/"><font size=-1>Bob Newhart</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Sep-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Bob Newhart Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/454/000162965/"><font size=-1>Felice Orlandi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Sep-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Italian-American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000348210/"><font size=-1>Collin Wilcox Paxton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Oct-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000131447/"><font size=-1>Austin Pendleton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Mar-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>William Giles on <i>Oz</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000024773/"><font size=-1>Anthony Perkins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Psycho</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000023999/"><font size=-1>Paula Prentiss</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>What's New, Pussycat?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000352369/"><font size=-1>Jack Riley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Dec-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Aug-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Elliot Carlin on <i>The Bob Newhart Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/220/000024148/"><font size=-1>Martin Sheen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Aug-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The West Wing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000023988/"><font size=-1>Jon Voight</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Dec-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Midnight Cowboy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000032365/"><font size=-1>Orson Welles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-May-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Citizen Kane</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000123300/"><font size=-1>Elizabeth Wilson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-May-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Graduate</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/777/000022711/">Alan Arkin</a></td><td> ... Yossarian</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Starring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/111/000063919/">Martin Balsam</a></td><td> ... Col. Cathcart</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/031/000023959/">Richard Benjamin</a></td><td> ... Maj. Danby</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/724/000022658/">Art Garfunkel</a></td><td> ... Nately</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/985/000132589/">Jack Gilford</a></td><td> ... Doc Daneeka</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/353/000023284/">Buck Henry</a></td><td> ... Col. Korn</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/308/000023239/">Bob Newhart</a></td><td> ... Maj. Major</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/845/000024773/">Anthony Perkins</a></td><td> ... Chaplain Tappman</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/071/000023999/">Paula Prentiss</a></td><td> ... Nurse Duckett</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/220/000024148/">Martin Sheen</a></td><td> ... Dobbs</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/060/000023988/">Jon Voight</a></td><td> ... Milo Minderbinder</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/461/000032365/">Orson Welles</a></td><td> ... Gen. Dreedle</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Co-Starring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/681/000024609/">Bob Balaban</a></td><td> ... Orr</td></tr><tr><td>Susanne Benton</td><td> ... Dreedle's WAC</td></tr><tr><td>Olimpia Carlisi</td><td> ... Luciana</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/806/000161323/">Marcel Dalio</a></td><td> ... Old Man</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/732/000043603/">Norman Fell</a></td><td> ... Sgt. Towser</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/833/000023764/">Charles Grodin</a></td><td> ... Aarfy Aardvark</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/840/000131447/">Austin Pendleton</a></td><td> ... Moodus</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">with</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/340/000044208/">Peter Bonerz</a></td><td> ... McWatt</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/669/000123300/">Elizabeth Wilson</a></td><td> ... Mother</td></tr><tr><td>Evy Maltagliati</td><td> ... Old Woman</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/948/000346907/">Richard Libertini</a></td><td> ... Brother</td></tr><tr><td>Jon Korkes</td><td> ... Snowden</td></tr><tr><td>Liam Dunn</td><td> ... Father</td></tr><tr><td>Gina Rovere</td><td> ... Nately's Whore</td></tr><tr><td>John Brent</td><td> ... Cathcart's Receptionist</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td>Collin Wilcox-Horne</td><td> ... Nurse Cramer</td></tr><tr><td>Phil Roth</td><td> ... Doctor</td></tr><tr><td>Bruce Kirby</td><td> ... Doctor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/428/000352369/">Jack Riley</a></td><td> ... Doctor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/454/000162965/">Felice Orlandi</a></td><td> ... Man in Black</td></tr><tr><td>Wendy D'Olive</td><td> ... Aarfy's Girl</td></tr><tr><td>Fernanda Vitobello</td><td> ... Kid Sister</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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