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== Adaptations == [[File:Catch22-1970 opening.jpg|thumb|250px|Opening title of the film adaptation]] * ''Catch-22'' was adapted into a [[Catch-22 (film)|feature film of the same name]] in 1970, directed by [[Mike Nichols]]. [[Alan Arkin]] portrayed Capt. [[Yossarian]], with an ensemble cast including [[Art Garfunkel]] as Nately, [[Jon Voight]] as [[Milo Minderbinder]], [[Orson Welles]] as General Dreedle, and [[Martin Balsam]] as [[Colonel Cathcart]], amongst many others. * A [[television pilot|pilot]] for a comedy series based upon ''Catch-22'' was made and televised in 1973, with [[Richard Dreyfuss]] in the starring role of Yossarian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Daniel |date=2019-04-23 |title=How George Clooney and Christopher Abbott Battled to Bring 'Catch-22' Into the 21st Century |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/george-clooney-catch-22-christopher-abbott-1203194665/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Catch-22 (play)|''Catch-22'' play]]: [[Aquila Theatre]] produced a stage adaptation of ''Catch-22'', based on Heller's 1971 stage adaptation. It was directed by [[Peter Meineck]]. This production toured the US in 2007/8 with a Bexhill on Sea production in the fall of 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=John. R. Jr. |last=Phythyon |author-link=John R. Phythyon, Jr. |title=''Catch-22'' a nearly perfect adaptation|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/mar/02/catch22_nearly_perfect_adaptation |work=The Lawrence Journal-World & News |date=March 2, 2008 }}</ref> * A [[Catch-22 (miniseries)|six-episode miniseries]] produced by, and co-starring, [[George Clooney]] was picked up by [[Hulu]] for a straight-to-series order. It streamed on May 17, 2019. It was also broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Christopher Abbott]] portrayed Yossarian, with [[Kyle Chandler]] as Cathcart,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/catch-22-hulu-kyle-chandler-george-clooney-switches-roles-1202752693/|title='Catch-22' Casting Shuffle: Kyle Chandler Takes Over as Cathcart, George Clooney Switches Roles|website=Variety|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=April 13, 2018|access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref> [[Hugh Laurie]] as Major ββ de Coverley, and Clooney as Lt. Scheisskopf.
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