Catch 22
Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... LNnWw1YHGg
poor Yosarian,he wants to be grounded cause he's crazy,but since he realizes war is crazy,he's not really crazy and cant be grounded.good ol catch 22.filmed in the middle of the mexican desert
poor Yosarian,he wants to be grounded cause he's crazy,but since he realizes war is crazy,he's not really crazy and cant be grounded.good ol catch 22.filmed in the middle of the mexican desert
Re: Catch 22
Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:54 pm
Mr. Frank Tallman's airforce
Re: Catch 22
Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:00 pm
Excellent book as well movie
Re: Catch 22
Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:26 pm
oops,ok boss.wont happen again, sorry
Re: Catch 22
Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:35 pm
and I still hate green Zinc chromate paint!
Re: Catch 22
Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:45 pm
You gotta love that mass take off scene 
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:42 am
the mass take-off was exciting to be in too.
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:54 am
Stoney, Your thread on being involved in that movie was one of the BEST items on this site!
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:22 am
sgt hawk wrote:Stoney, Your thread on being involved in that movie was one of the BEST items on this site!
I agree,one of the all time classic posts here. Hanging out in the mexican desert,flying old ,patched up B-25's on MGM'S? dime.too cool
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:24 am
Oh and did I mention I hate green zinc chromate paint on North American products?
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:43 am
But I thought I got paid by Paramount 
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:50 am
thats why I put the question mark next to the MGM .Seems like MGM was the company bleeding the most money on expensive WWII aviation films and bad musicals.I took a stab and obviously missed the target.oops.I tried but missed
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:52 am
and thats why MGM basically bought the farm ,sold its back lot(heard of a place called Culver City) and has been sold numerous times since
Re: Catch 22
Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:17 pm
A couple years ago 60 Minutes re-ran an old profile they did of Joseph Heller while he was still alive.
I remember him saying that at reunions for his old unit (340th Bombardment Group) there were some guys who still wouldn't speak to him even into the 1990s because of hard feelings over the book.
I remember him saying that at reunions for his old unit (340th Bombardment Group) there were some guys who still wouldn't speak to him even into the 1990s because of hard feelings over the book.