Catch-22

Author

Luke Davies

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, EAS, POW, WSQ)

Languages

In English or French, with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned, English audio description.

Performers

Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Daniel David Stewart, Rafi Gavron, Graham Patrick Martin, Lewis Pullman, Austin Stowell, Pico Alexander, Jon Rudnitsky, Gerran Howell, Hugh Laurie, Giancarlo Giannini, George Clooney.

Publication Information

Hollywood, California : Paramount, 2019.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (267 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a U.S. air squadron in Italy during World War II. Yossarian, a bombardier, whose frantic obsession every time he goes up on a mission is "to come down alive." The real enemy for Yossarian and his rag-tag bunch of friends is the bureaucracy of the military, inverting logic at every turn. The pinnacle of this is Catch-22, a military by-law which states that if you fly your missions, you're crazy, and don't have to fly them; all you have to do is ask. But if you ask not to, then you're sane, and so you have to fly them.

Notes

Title from container.

"From director and executive producer George Clooney"--Container.

Based on the novel by Joseph Heller.

Originally released for streaming on Hulu in 2019.

Special features: The cogs of war, part one: That's some catch, that Catch-22 ; The cogs of war, part two: That's complex, that military-industrial complex ; The cogs of war, part three: Yossarian lives ; deleted scenes ; outtakes.