Catch 22

Starring: Bob Newhart, Martin Balsam Director: Mike Nichols Original UK Premiere: 1970 Dvd Release: 7th October, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Its very good value for a DVD & an entertaining 117 mins. In additionto the film , there is a photo galleryand commentary by Mike Nichols & Stephen Soderberg. There are alsointeresting guest performances from the likes of Art Garfunkle & BobNewhart.

Though at times it is confusing, as reality & fantasy merge, & thechronological sequence of events is disrupted, it cleverly portraysYersarians crazy view of the World.War is a racket for opportunists to get rich, while those who dont sellout get killed or wounded.

My main criticism is that it is not a film with much emotional impact. Thehumour is low key, & so are the characters. They were often comical, butI felt little empathy for them, or what happened to them.

In brief, I was entertained but unmoved. Worth buying , but not one to impact your soul. Maybe Im unfairly expecting TheDeer Hunter or Apocalypse Now.

George Robert Newhart, famously known as Bob Newhart, is an American actor, comedian & writer. A native of Chicago, Illinois & graduate of Loyola University Chicago, Newhart is known for his deadpan delivery & his slight stammer. Several of his funniest acts involve hearing him talk as one half of a conversation, often over the phone. Newhart, a former accountant, began his comedy career as a popular stand up comedian in the 1950s. His 1960 comedy album, The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart, went straight to number one on the charts, beating Elvis Presley & the soundtrack to The Sound of Music. Button Down Mind received the 1961 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In the mid 1960s, Newhart appeared on The Dean Martin Show 24 times & the Ed Sullivan Show 8 times. From 1972 to 1978, Newhart starred in the popular Bob Newhart Show on CBS in which he played a Chicago psychologist & husband of co-star, Suzanne Pleshette. Newhart guest hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson a total of 87 times. Posters Of Bob Newhart

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Martin Balsam was an American character actor. He studied dramatics at the New School in New York City & then served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1947 he was selected by Elia Kazan & Lee Strasberg to be a player in the Actors Studio television program & went on to appear in a number of television plays in the 1950s & returned frequently to television as a guest star on numerous dramas. Balsam appeared in such film as On the Waterfront, 12 Angry Men, Psycho, Cape Fear as the police chief, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Seven Days in May, Catch-22 & Tora! Tora! Tora!. In 1967 he won a Tony Award for his appearance in the 1967 Broadway production of You Know I Cant Hear You When the Waters Running. Posters Of Tora Tora Tora

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Mike Nichols is an Academy Award winning movie director. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin & left Nazi Germany for the US with his parents in 1939. While attending the University of Chicago in the 1950s, he began work in improvisational comedy with the Compass Players troupe & later started the long-running Midnight Special folk music program on radio station WFMT. He teamed up to form a comedy team with Elaine May, with whom he appeared in nightclubs, on radio, released best-selling records, guested on several television programs & had their own show on Broadway before moving on to other pursuits in 1961. May frequently writes or re-writes scripts for Nichols, including The Birdcage & Primary Colors. Nichols moved on to Broadway directing, helming such hits as Barefoot in the Park & The Odd Couple. His first major film direction was the adaptation of another play, Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, in 1966, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Directing. Posters Of The Birdcage

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