Catch-22
An adaptation of the classic 1961 novel by Joseph Heller, Catch-22 is a 6-part limited series from executive producer and director George Clooney.
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Trailers & Extras
Season 1
Episode 1
Young American flyers arrive in war and discover that the bureaucracy is more deadly than the enemy.
EPISODE 1 • 46m
Episode 2
Yossarian pursues desperate measures to get home, while Milo sees war as a growth industry.
EPISODE 2 • 48m
Episode 3
Yossarian needlessly expends energy to avoid a feared mission; disaster catches up with him, when he least expects it.
EPISODE 3 • 44m
Episode 4
On a surreal trip, Yossarian begins to realize the magnitude and influence of Milo’s business empire.
EPISODE 4 • 44m
Episode 5
Reeling from one violent tragedy, Yossarian encounters incomprehensible darkness in Rome, and is faced with an impossible choice.
EPISODE 5 • 43m
Episode 6
Alive and intact, Yossarian is thwarted by an old adversary. Confronted by a devastating loss, he undergoes a transformation.
EPISODE 6 • 46m
Cast
Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is a satirical dark comedy set in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II. As its name suggests, the premise is the bureaucratic, paradoxical rule Catch-22, which considers a willingness to fly dangerous combat missions a mark of insanity, yet a request to be relieved from duty on the grounds of insanity to be a process of a rational and therefore sane mind.
George Clooney’s version of the anti-war satirical masterpiece is “beautifully shot, thoughtfully written and incredibly well acted” (the Independent) and succeeds where it was believed impossible, having been dubbed an unfilmable novel.
The series follows artful dodger and anti-hero John Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier furious that thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him, and that his own army keeps increasing the number of missions he must fly to complete his service.
The drama series is both a handsomely rendered and hilariously horrifying exploration of war that soars thanks to its stellar cast and reverent adherence to its source material, and is an unmissable watch.