Catch 22

[agent86]

They used maybe 10 percent of the footage they took of the bombers in the movie.I have always wondered whatever happened to the unused footage

[Richard W.]

Maybe Mike Nichols has it.

[Jerry O'Neill]

They used maybe 10 percent of the footage they took of the bombers in the movie.I have always wondered whatever happened to the unused footage

There actually is more of the B-25 flying footage in the film than you would think.

All the studio process shots need a background "Plate" to show the actors in formation.
As airplane purists, we don't look at this type of footage as "aircraft specific" since that aircraft are not the final subject in the finished film, they are just the background.
Such as this shot of Alan Arkin in the nose of the B-25:


I've never added it up, but I'd bet that there is more flying B-25 footage in "Catch-22" seen in the background plates with the actors in the aircraft, than there is when the B-25's are the featured subject, such as in the Taxi & Take-off scenes.

It still would be nice to see the background footage as it was originally shot before it was processed wit the foreground studio stuff.
Jerry

[agent86]

and I love the shot of Yosarian giving the thumbs up from the nose of his B-25.It was his thumb,wasnt it?

[Steve Nelson]

Only if his thumb is between his first and third fingers....

SN

[tom d. friedman]

doc danika ( jack gillford) was actually black listed in the 50's by the hollywood big shots / u.s. govt. for being a suspected communist during the red whitch hunt. he was also the pitchman for many years for the carmel snack corn "cracker jack".

[Stoney]

I too would like to see all the footage shot as I flew at least 100 hours in Mexico, but I don't need to see the cameraman fall out of the B-25.

[the330thbg]

http://www.aerovintage.com/N1203.htm

[gary1954]

Stoney, Your thread on being involved in that movie was one of the BEST items on this site!

Aaaaaaaamen brother...Amen