Catch-22 (film)

Catch-22
Theatrical release poster
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
Production companies	Filmways Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 24, 1970 (1970-06-24)
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.