CATCH-22

A 22-es csapdája, Ardil 22, Artigo 22, Der böse Trick, Comma 22, Me sotasankarit, Moment 22, Paragraf 22, Trampa 22

Plot outline:

A bomb aimer in World War II tries in vain to get a medical discharge to escape the insanity of war. Catch-22 is a satire illustrating how some opportunists successfully exploit the war for there own ends while others are dying fighting it.

Catch-22 has become an expression to describe the opposite to common sense.  A Kafka like situation when bureaucrats interpret the law with an insane logic, destroying the little man the law was intended to protect (in a democracy anyway).

Quote:

In the mess: 
-Those bastards are trying to kill me.
-No one is trying to kill you sweetheart. Eat your desert like a good boy.
-Then why are they shooting at me Milo?
-They are shooting at everyone Yossarian.
-What difference will that make?
-Yossarian, just suppose everyone thought the way you do.
-I'd be a damn fool to think any different.
-You need your head examined.

On the airstrip:
-Anyone who wants to get out of combat isn't really crazy,
-so I can't ground him.
-OK. Let me se if I got this straight.
-In order to be grounded I've got to be crazy
-and I must be crazy to keep flying,
-but if I ask to be grounded I'm no crazy anymore
-and I have to keep flying.
-You've got it. It's CATCH-22.
 
http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0065528/

Year: 1970

Runtime: 122 min

Category: Satire/Comedy

Based on Joseph Heller's novel with the same name.

Director: Mike Nichols

Cast: 

Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Wells, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton, Norman Fell, Charles Grodin, Austin Pendleton, Peter Bonerz, Jon Korkes, John Brent, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Phil Roth, Bruce Kirby, Jack Riley, Felice Orlandi, Marcelo Dalio, Evi Maltagliati, Elizabeth Wilson, Richard Liberini, Liam Dunn, Olimpia Carlisi, Wendy D'Olive, Gina Rovere, Fernanda Vitobello, Seth Allen

Audio:

5.1 English

1.0 French, Spanish, Italian, German

3.0 Voice-over, English

Subtitles:

English, English for the hearing impaired, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Rumanian, Swedish, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Croatian, French, Slovenian

Source content: Retail DVD untouched

Quality: Excellent (shrunk by 35% using Toast)

TV-system: PAL 4.43, 625

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen