Art Garfunkel has said a major factor in the break-up of Simon & Garfunkel was the 1970 movie version of Catch-22. In the late 60s, the 71-year-old recalled, both he and Paul Simon were cast in Mike Nichols' adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel. But whereas Garfunkel received fourth billing, Simon's minor role never made the final cut.
Garfunkel was speaking at the Paley Center for Media in New York last Wednesday March 13, 2013, as part of a screening of Charles Grodin’s 1969 Simon & Garfunkel documentary “Songs of America.” Both the singer and Grodin implicated Nichols. MORE HERE
'Songs of America' available HERE
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