Catch-22

1970 film directed by Mike Nichols

Movie film Q1050533

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Instance of: film
Director: Mike Nichols^[1]
Genre: comedy drama, war film, black comedy film, satirical film, romantic comedy film^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Publication date: June 24, 1970^[37]
Screenwriter: Buck Henry^[2]
Based on: Catch-22^[10]
Producer: John Calley, Martin Ransohoff^[25]^[26]
Duration: +122
After a work by: Joseph Heller
Assessment: Bechdel test
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
Cast member: Alan Arkin, Richard Benjamin, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Richard Libertini, Austin Pendleton, Norman Fell, Susanne Benton, Jon Korkes, John Brent, Philip Roth, Marcel Dalio, Martin Balsam, Art Garfunkel, Charles Grodin, Jack Gilford, Bob Balaban, Peter Bonerz, Elizabeth Wilson, Felice Orlandi, Gina Rovere, Evi Maltagliati, Collin Wilcox, Jack Riley, Liam Dunn, Olimpia Carlisi, Bruce Kirby^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Characters: Yossarian, Captain Aardvark, Colonel Cathcart, Doc Daneeka, Nately, Orr^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]
Color: color, black-and-white^[34]^[35]
Composer: Richard Strauss^[3]
Country of origin: United States^[36]
Director of photography: David Watkin^[29]
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, Netflix^[44]^[45]
Distribution format: video on demand^[31]
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Film editor: Sam O'Steen^[49]
Has characteristic: film based on a novel
Kijkwijzer rating: AL
Main subject: World War II, aviation^[47]^[48]

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Movement: New Hollywood^[4]
NMHH film rating: Category IV
Narrative location: Italy^[46]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[30]
P14449: 4349
P14724: 8127059
P14821: 65528
Production company: Paramount Pictures, Filmways^[27]^[28]
Review score: 7.2/10, 81%^[32]^[33]
Set in period: World War II, 20th century, 1940s
Title: Catch-22^[50]

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🔖 Identifiers · 70

ACMI ID: works/94064
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 23456
AllMovie title ID: v8628
Allcinema film ID: 5493
AlloCiné film ID: 37336
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B001K3BG3Q
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.3aa0ysh94skhq2k212s9oepml
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 8774
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 17828919r
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): catch-22
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 712729
CineMagia title ID: 2248

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Cinema.de ID: 1321125
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 35456
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 7303
DNF film ID: 4506
Daum movie ID: 13225
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 531
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 2431
EDb film ID: t0002534
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/AF68-8135-E9DE-89BB-1DBB-G
ElCinema film ID: 2020099
ElFilm film ID: 65399
Elonet movie ID: 121226
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Catch-22-film-by-Nichols
Exploitation mark number: 37771
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MV97080d7ee3a28c3733128d1886225fc7
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/catch-22-der-boese-trick
FilmAffinity film ID: 903185
FilmPolski ID: 47490
FilmVandaag ID: film/11904
Filmfront film ID (archived): 16622
Filmová databáze film ID: 5621
Filmweb.pl film ID: 8535
Freebase ID: /m/09qycb
IMDb ID: tt0065528
ISAN: 0000-0000-1C61-0000-L-0000-0000-B
ISzDb film ID: 11
ITunes movie ID: 291773012
KINENOTE film ID: 2148
Kinobox film ID: 8294
Kinopoisk film ID: 3974
LUMIERE film ID: 163737
LdiF ID: 6524
Letterboxd film ID: catch-22
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 5961
Metacritic ID: movie/catch-22
Movie Review Query Engine ID: catch22-m100040910
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv2145
MovieMeter film ID: 2386
Moviepilot.de film ID: catch-22-der-boese-trick
Netflix ID: 60020883
OFDb film ID: 13864
OMDb film ID: 10364
PORT film ID: 6
Plex media key: 5d776834880197001ec9326f
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/catch_22
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 11254
Swedish Film Database ID: 15572
TCM Movie Database film ID: 16665
TMDB movie ID: 10364
TV Tropes ID: Film/CatchTwentyTwo
TV.com ID: movies/catch-22
The Numbers movie ID: Catch-22
TheTVDB movie ID: 8702
Trakt.tv ID: movies/catch-22-1970
Trakt.tv film ID: 5560
Unconsenting Media ID: 3109
Yle Areena item ID: 1-50172582
ČSFD film ID: 6972

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Cast member 31

Orson Welles, Jon Voight, Alan Arkin, Martin Sheen, Anthony Perkins, Bob Newhart, Art Garfunkel, Martin Balsam +23 more

Genre 3

war film, comedy drama, black comedy film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Paramount Pictures

Main subject 2

World War II, aviation

Producer 2

John Calley, Martin Ransohoff

After a work by 1

Joseph Heller

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

Catch-22

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

Richard Strauss

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Mike Nichols

Director of photography 1

David Watkin

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Sam O'Steen

Instance of 1

film

Movement 1

New Hollywood

Narrative location 1

Italy

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production company 1

Paramount Pictures

Screenwriter 1

Buck Henry

← Derivative work 1

Catch-22

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[1] ↑ Catch-22 — director (P57): Mike Nichols. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Catch-22 — screenwriter (P58): Buck Henry. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Catch-22 — composer (P86): Richard Strauss. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Catch-22 — movement (P135): New Hollywood. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Catch-22 — genre (P136): comedy drama. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Catch-22 — genre (P136): war film. filmreporter.de. filmreporter.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Catch-22 — genre (P136): black comedy film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Catch-22 — genre (P136): satirical film. movies.msn.com. movies.msn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Catch-22 — genre (P136): romantic comedy film. movies.msn.com. movies.msn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Catch-22 — based on (P144): Catch-22. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Alan Arkin. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Richard Benjamin. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Buck Henry. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Bob Newhart. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Anthony Perkins. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Paula Prentiss. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Martin Sheen. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Jon Voight. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Orson Welles. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Richard Libertini. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Austin Pendleton. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Norman Fell. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Susanne Benton. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Catch-22 — cast member (P161): Jon Korkes. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Catch-22 — producer (P162): John Calley. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Catch-22 — producer (P162): Martin Ransohoff. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Catch-22 — production company (P272): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Catch-22 — production company (P272): Filmways. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Catch-22 — director of photography (P344): David Watkin. cinematographers.nl. cinematographers.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Catch-22 — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Catch-22 — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Catch-22 — review score (P444): 7.2/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Catch-22 — review score (P444): 81%. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Catch-22 — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Catch-22 — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Catch-22 — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Catch-22 — publication date (P577): June 24, 1970. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Catch-22 — characters (P674): Yossarian. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Catch-22 — characters (P674): Captain Aardvark. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Catch-22 — characters (P674): Colonel Cathcart. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Catch-22 — characters (P674): Doc Daneeka. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Catch-22 — characters (P674): Nately. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Catch-22 — characters (P674): Orr. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Catch-22 — distributed by (P750): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Catch-22 — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Catch-22 — narrative location (P840): Italy. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Catch-22 — main subject (P921): World War II. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Catch-22 — main subject (P921): aviation. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Catch-22 — film editor (P1040): Sam O'Steen. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Catch-22 — title (P1476): Catch-22. wikidata.org.

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