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Adaptations

• Catch-22 was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1970, directed by Mike Nichols.
• Heller also dramatised his own novel for the stage, and wrote another short play, Clevinger's Trial, that was based on scenes from Catch-22.
• Aquila Theatre produced a stage adaptation of Catch-22 directed by Peter Meineck and based on Heller's own play which he wrote in 1971. This production toured the USA in 2007/8 with a New York City production in the fall of 2008.^[23]
• There was also a brief television comedy series based upon Catch-22 made and televised in 1973, with Richard Dreyfuss in the starring role of Capt. Yossarian.^[24]
• Catch 22 is also the name of a ska band from New Jersey that takes the name of the book.