Catch-22 (film)

Catch-22 is a darkly comedic war film based on book of the same name by Joseph Heller. It was made in 1970.

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Doc Daneeka: You're wasting your time

Yossarian: Can't you ground someone who's crazy?

Doc Daneeka: Oh, sure. I have to. There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy.

Yossarian: Then why don't you ground me? I'm crazy. Ask Clevinger.

Doc Daneeka: Clevinger? Where is Clevinger? You find Clevinger and I'll ask him.

Yossarian: Then ask any of the others. They'll tell you how crazy I am.

Doc Daneeka: They're crazy

Yossarian: Then why don't you ground them?

Doc Daneeka: Why don't they ask me to ground them?

Yossarian: Because they're crazy, that's why.

Doc Daneeka: Of course they're crazy, I just told you they're crazy, didn't I? And you can't let crazy

people decide if they crazy or not.

Yossarian: Is Orr crazy?

Doc Daneeka: He sure is.

Yossarian: Can you ground him?

Doc Daneeka: I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule.

Yossarian: Then why doesn't he ask you to?

Doc Daneeka: Because he's crazy, He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close

calls he's had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to.

Yossarian: That's all he has to do to be grounded?

Doc Daneeka: That's all. Let him ask me.

Yossarian: And then you can ground him?

Doc Daneeka: No. Then I can't ground him.

Yossarian: You mean there's a catch?

Doc Daneeka: Sure there's a catch, Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.

Yossarian: That's some catch, that Catch-22.

Doc Daneeka: It's the best there is