Catch-22 (film)

Catch-22
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Nichols
Screenplay byBuck Henry
Based onCatch-22
by Joseph Heller
Produced byJohn Calley
Martin Ransohoff
StarringAlan Arkin
Martin Balsam
Richard Benjamin
Art Garfunkel
Jack Gilford
Buck Henry
Bob Newhart
Anthony Perkins
Paula Prentiss
Martin Sheen
Jon Voight
Orson Welles
CinematographyDavid Watkin
Edited bySam O'Steen
Music byRichard Strauss
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 24, 1970 (1970-06-24)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$24.9 million[1]

Catch-22 is a 1970 American satirical comedy war film adapted from the 1961 novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. In creating a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" of Heller's satirical anti-war novel set at a fictional Mediterranean base during World War II, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry (also in the cast) worked on the film script for two years, converting Heller's complex novel to the medium of film.

The cast included Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Italian actress Olimpia Carlisi, French comedian Marcel Dalio, Art Garfunkel in his acting debut, Jack Gilford, Charles Grodin, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Austin Pendleton, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, and Orson Welles. Garfunkel's songwriting partner Paul Simon also appeared but his scenes were cut.

  1. ^ "Catch-22, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 23, 2012.