Crapstock Revisited
Added 11/22/2009
This is what happened when the Hippies took over Hollywood in the 70s......Crapstock! This movie is a great example of the attempted woosification of America and has war protestor stank all over it. All the stars in this movie were popular for about 15 minutes, about the time it took to make this snoozefest. Pretty cool mass B-25 take-off, though.
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Read Heller's book and watched the movie ages ago. I thought both were great then. Catch-22 has stood the test of time. The all-star lineup would have cost a large fortune in a remake today. All those B-25 bombers - real flying aircraft and not computer generated - there are but a handful of restored versions today. The US Air Force sold a number of surplus to the Brazilian and Mexican air forces after the war. I understand that's where the producers found them for the movie. As an anti-war statement (during the Vietnam era) Catch-22 is one running joke after another. "The Never Ending Mission" should have been its subtitle. Unlike Dr. Strangelove, (another of my favorites) it ends with Yossarian (Alan Arkin) riding a rubber boat unlike Slim Pickens riding a nuclear bomb. One interesting footnote, during a pre-mission briefing, one of the targets over Italy was Perugia. Today, it is the unlikely setting of a murder trial that's ongoing for more than a year now in which an American coed, Amanda Knox from Seattle along with her Italian boy friend allegedly murdered a British coed in a house all three were sharing.
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Strange movie............
Added 7/13/2009
But the location where it has been made is great, I live there !
San Carlos Sonora Mexico and there is still remains of the old movie set where I went horseback riding in the desert with view on the sea of Cortez, great memories !
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Yossarian: "That's some catch, that Catch-22!"
Added 6/17/2009
On its release in 1970, CATCH-22 was rated 'X' due to graphic images of bodily injury and simulated fellating.
Based on Joseph Heller's novel, Mike Nichols' anti-war film is perhaps the greatest of its kind. An all-star cast make this an unforgettable experience. Very highest recommendation!
WHO'S WHO in "22"--
Capt. John Yossarian (Arkin) is a bombardier stationed in Italy. He's flown too many missions, seen too much tragedy and now just wants OUT.
Col. Cathcart (Balsam) and Lt. Col. Corn (Henry) are stonewalling masters who keep raising the number of missions needed for rotation home.
Maj. Danby (Benjamin), the squadron's mission briefer is an eternally optimistic airhead and the exemplification of "no brain, no pain."
Doc Daneeka (Gilford) gets flight pay even though he's never been in a plane, as Yossarian's pilot, McWatt (Bonerz) falsely lists Doc on his mission manifests.
Maj. Major Major Major (Newhart) is a do-nothing laundry captain who's promoted to squadron commander solely because of his newly created name. He's literally "the man who wasn't there."
Capt. Aardvark (Grodin), Yossarian's new pilot is a deviant with a penchant for forcing himself on scarlet women.
Chaplain Tappman (aka "Padre") (Perkins) is a kindly man who's in way over his head. He wants to help Yossarian, but doesn't know how.
Lt. Nately (Garfunkel) will be 20 on his next birthday-- if he lives. He naively falls in love with one of Rome's streetwalkers.
1st Lt. Dobbs (Sheen) is much like Yossarian-- he just wants to survive, to go home.
Orr (Balaban), Yossarian's bunkmate is an eccentric pilot that constantly gets shot down. His Mediterranean splash landings are "good practice."
Gen. Dreedle (Welles), overall air base commander, has a goofy son-in-law aide (Pendleton) and an hourglass-shaped WAC secretary/girlfriend (Benton).
Milo Minderbinder (Voight), through connivance and pure gall manipulates his way from mess officer to CEO of MM Enterprises. Milo sells unwanted cotton to the Germans in exchange for having his own airbase bombed by our planes!
Snowden (Korkes) is a new man who's mortally wounded by in-flight flak. Yossarian's inability to help Snowden is the catalyst that steels him to escape this war's insanity.
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film research website.
(7.1) Catch-22 (1970) - Alan Arkin/Martin Balsam/Richard Benjamin/Art Gafunkel/Jack Gilford/Buck Henry/Bob Newhart/Anthony Perkins/Paula Prentiss/Martin Sheen/Jon Voight/Orson Welles/Bob Balaban/Susanne Benton/Norman Fell/Charles Grodin/Austin Pendleton/Peter Bonerz/Jon Korkes/Jack Riley/Richard Libertini
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Best dark comedy.
Added 3/23/2009
Superb script, cast, screen play, and, of course, who could have directed it but Mike Nichols?
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Crapstock Revisited
Added 11/22/2009
This is what happened when the Hippies took over Hollywood in the 70s......Crapstock! This movie is a great example of the attempted woosification of America and has war protestor stank all over it. All the stars in this movie were popular for about 15 minutes, about the time it took to make this snoozefest. Pretty cool mass B-25 take-off, though.
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Read Heller's book and watched the movie ages ago. I thought both were great then. Catch-22 has stood the test of time. The all-star lineup would have cost a large fortune in a remake today. All those B-25 bombers - real flying aircraft and not computer generated - there are but a handful of restored versions today. The US Air Force sold a number of surplus to the Brazilian and Mexican air forces after the war. I understand that's where the producers found them for the movie. As an anti-war statement (during the Vietnam era) Catch-22 is one running joke after another. "The Never Ending Mission" should have been its subtitle. Unlike Dr. Strangelove, (another of my favorites) it ends with Yossarian (Alan Arkin) riding a rubber boat unlike Slim Pickens riding a nuclear bomb. One interesting footnote, during a pre-mission briefing, one of the targets over Italy was Perugia. Today, it is the unlikely setting of a murder trial that's ongoing for more than a year now in which an American coed, Amanda Knox from Seattle along with her Italian boy friend allegedly murdered a British coed in a house all three were sharing.
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Strange movie............
Added 7/13/2009
But the location where it has been made is great, I live there !
San Carlos Sonora Mexico and there is still remains of the old movie set where I went horseback riding in the desert with view on the sea of Cortez, great memories !
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