Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 20 nominations total
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- TriviaThe name of George Clooney's character is Scheisskopf. In German, "kopf" means "head" (in both the anatomical and hierarchical senses) and "scheiss" is a vulgarism meaning "feces" (and having the same colloquial meaning as the English word "shit"). So translated literally, "Scheisskopf" means "shithead," though that exact insult doesn't exist in German.
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One of the greatest books ever written, certainly as an anti-war film. I had never heard of the guy who played Yossarian, but he was amazing. His face is so emotive and he captured the complexity of his character. Yossarian is not a hero; some call him a bit of a coward, but he represents something in all of us. He doesn't want to die because some bullying general who never flies a mission. He has done his duty but they keep adding more missions every time he approaches his discharge limit. For those of you who totally missed the point and were expecting a regular war movie, did you get what the title means?
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