Catch-22

1970 · 121 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 27,268 VOTES · DIR. Mike Nichols

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Overview

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,168 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:05:07 What about the others? I'd be playing a dirty trick on them.
00:09:36 - Ground them. - Why don't they ask me to?
00:14:50 - Oranges from Marrakech, pecans... - Pecans?
00:18:06 Maybe I do have time to kill...
00:24:59 - You're a chaplain! - Yes. Didn't you know that?
00:28:49 No, sir. It's not my place to wonder.
00:32:00 - Nothing as extraordinary as that. - I hope not.
00:35:50 - Not much chance of that, though. - I don't know, sir.
00:39:27 It's a very pretty town, on the coast.
00:44:13 I know we'll all do our best.
00:47:15 Wait for me!
00:53:10 - I don't want to. - What do you mean? Why don't you?
00:58:38 No, in point of fact. I traded our diesel engines for the statues.
01:02:42 I'll just read something.
01:06:21 You won't marry me because I'm crazy. I'm crazy because I wanna marry you?
01:09:52 When the Germans were here, I was fanatically pro-German.
01:13:56 You'll be able to boil eggs and everything.
01:19:14 It's not Harvey, it's Yossarian.
01:25:11 Bastards! Get out of here!
01:30:11 He was alive one minute, then he was dead.
01:37:39 It wasn't me!
01:45:24 - Promote you to Major. - Give you another medal.
01:51:36 - They'll court-martial you. - Make the best of a bad situation.
05:00:06 taken over by the Syndicate.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,168
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:05:07
Final line05:00:06

Production Record

DirectorMike Nichols
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue$24,911,670
IMDb votes27,268