| Catch-22 | |
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| Directed by | Mike Nichols |
| Screenplay by | Buck Henry |
| Based on | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller |
| Produced by | John Calley Martin Ransohoff |
| Starring | Alan Arkin Martin Balsam Richard Benjamin Art Garfunkel Jack Gilford Buck Henry Bob Newhart Anthony Perkins Paula Prentiss Martin Sheen Jon Voight Orson Welles |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Edited by | Sam O'Steen |
| Music by | Richard Strauss |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.
- ^ "Catch-22, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 23, 2012.