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:
Those bastards are trying to kill me.

1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder:
No one is trying to kill you sweetheart. Now eat your dessert like a good boy.

Yossarian:
Oh yeah? Then why are they shooting at me Milo?

Dobbs:
They're shooting at everyone Yossarian.

Yossarian:
And what difference does that make?

Dobbs:
Look Yossarian, suppose, I mean just suppose everyone thought the same way you do.

Yossarian:
Then I'd be a damn fool to think any different.

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