Apparently it was a miniseries, which i think is the best way to film catch-22. Has anyone seen it? I cant find it anywhere. Is it good? Did they film the entire novel or was it canceled before the end? IM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS BUT CAN FIND NO INFORMATION ABOUT IT ONLINE
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No guaranty that that's entirely accurate, but the imdb listing is consisten. In particular, it looks like it was a single show, was a mere 30 minutes long and had a cast of just six characters.
Okay, some other sources indicate it wasn't a documentary, but a pilot for a comedy series (which makes sense, given the 30-minute length). Obviously, lots of pilots get made for series that don't get picked up. I do remember that networks would occasionally fill some dead air time by showing un-bought pilots from time to time. That, presumably, is what this was. No doubt it triggered a number of obligatory jokes involving plays on the word "pilot" and "bomb" in the appropriate circles at the time.
"Catch-22, an unsold pilot for a television comedy series, was created in 1973. Written by Hal Dresner, directed by Richard Quine, it starred Richard Dreyfuss as Yossarian."
"There was also a brief television comedy series based upon Catch-22 made and televised in 1973, with Richard Dreyfuss in the starring role of Capt. Yossarian."
"Richard Dreyfus signed on for a pilot that was never made"
http://tv.nytimes.com/show/43098/Catch-22/overview
http://www.answers.com/topic/catch-22-novel-2
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=43098
Well it was made, because I very clearly remember seeing it when it originally aired -- I pretty much spent the entire decade of the '70's glued to a TV, so I didn't miss too much of anything.
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I saw it. It was not too good. No MASH. Nothing against Dreyfuss, it's just all over the place and it tries to do too many things for a pilot.
From what I remember, Rick Hurst from ON THE ROCKS was there for comic relief, and he provided it.
But it was fogettable.