Catch-22

Catch-221970

Director: Mike Nichols
Stars: Alan Arkin, Bob Newhart, Art Garfunkel, Richard Benjamin
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 122 minutes

Joseph Heller's novel was one of the seminal literary events of the 1960s, but Mike Nichols's film ultimately proved too literal in its attempt to bring Heller's fragmented fiction to the screen. Still, Nichols, who made this on the heels of The Gra… more »



[Yossarian leaps out of the hospital window, fleeing the base.]

Danby:
Yossarian!

Yossarian:
I can do it, Danby!

Tappman:
They'll catch you, they'll bring you back!

Yossarian:
I can do it!

Danby:
This is insane!

Yossarian:
I can do it!

Tappman:
What about your clothes?

Yossarian:
They'll never recognize me without my uniform!

Danby:
You'll be on the run with no friends! You'll live in constant danger of betrayal!

Yossarian:
[laughs] I live that way now.

Danby:
Yossarian, for God's sake, hurry up!

Yossarian:
So long, Chaplain!

Tappman:
How do you feel, Yossarian?

Yossarian:
Fine... because I'm scared to death.

Danby:
You'll have to keep on your toes every minute.

Yossarian:
I'll keep on my toes.

Tappman:
You'll have to jump.

Yossarian:
I'll jump.

Tappman:
JUMP!

[Yossarian jumps over a ditch and runs to the sea while inflating a life raft. He leaps into the sea, paddling furiously, and is gone]

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