What is Taking Off / Catch-22 about?

TAKING OFF, 1971, Universal, 93 min. Director Milos Forman’s first American film is a warm and hilariously subversive comedy about parents trying to cope with their runaway children. The focus is on bewildered Buck Henry and Lynn Carlin as they try to deal with daughter Linnea Heacock’s flight to Greenwich Village hippie life - and end up expanding their consciousness as much as she does! CATCH-22, 1970, Paramount Pictures, 122 min. Dir. Mike Nichols. After their triumphant collaboration on THE GRADUATE, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry reunited for this adaptation of Joseph Heller’s satirical WWII novel.

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What is Taking Off / Catch-22 about?: TAKING OFF, 1971, Universal, 93 min. Director Milos Forman’s first American film is a warm and hilariously subversive comedy about parents trying to cope with their runaway children. The focus is on bewildered Buck Henry and Lynn Carlin as they try to deal with daughter Linnea Heacock’s flight to Greenwich Village hippie life - and end up expanding their consciousness as much as she does!
CATCH-22, 1970, Paramount Pictures, 122 min. Dir. Mike Nichols. After their triumphant collaboration on THE GRADUATE, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry reunited for this adaptation of Joseph Heller’s satirical WWII novel.