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1970 Certificate 15
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Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing missions, but publicity-obsessed .. Read more

Starring Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Anthony Perkins, Jon Voight
Director Mike Nichols
Genres Comedy

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  • The Fountain

    Cannes Blog: 4

    • 23 May 2007

    In the Cannes There's a funny story attached to a Bob Dylan album from the late sixties called Self Portrait . After the magnificent run of Blonde on Blonde , Nashville Skyline and John Wesley Harding , Dylan chose to release an album of cheap, syrupy cover-versions which, it was recently revealed, was an attempt to intentionally ward off his many admirers and diminish his own celebrity. Rock critic Greil Marcus delivered a famous four word review of the album for Rolling Stone: "What is this... Read more

    Charlie Wilson's War

    Charlie Wilson's War

    • 08 Jan 2008

    Mike Nichols' new film opens on a ceremony honouring a Texas congressman for his role in liberating Afghanistan and bringing down the USSR. Chances are, you've never heard of him. (I know I hadn't.) Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) is a strange sort of hero, a far cry from the innocent idealists you find in everything from Mr Smith Goes to Washington to Evan Almighty. A Democrat with a small but safe constituency, he begins the 80s like the 70s never ended: partaking of playmates, booze and drugs.... Read more

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    • Catch 22
      Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing ...