DVD Movie Rating for: Stir Crazy

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Stir Crazy

Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural tallent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.

DVD Production Details of: Stir Crazy

Starring: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor

Director: Sidney Poitier

Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios
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Cast of the movie: Stir Crazy

• Gene Wilder .... Skip Donahue
• Richard Pryor .... Harry Monroe
• Georg Stanford Brown .... Rory Schultebrand
• JoBeth Williams .... Meredith
• Miguel Ángel Suárez .... Jesus Ramirez
• Craig T. Nelson .... Deputy Ward Wilson
• Barry Corbin .... Warden Walter Beatty
• Charles Weldon .... Blade
• Nicolas Coster .... Warden Henry Sampson
• Joel Brooks (I) .... Len Garber
• Jonathan Banks .... Jack Graham
• Erland van Lidth .... Grossberger
• Lewis Van Bergen .... Guard #1
• Karmin Murcelo .... Teresa Ramirez
• Franklyn Ajaye .... Young Man in Hospital

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Stir Crazy

Reviews of the movie: Stir Crazy

Sidney Poitier directed--without much distinction, sorry to say--this 1980 comedy teaming Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as New York knuckleheads who try their luck in California and are accused of robbing a bank. Most of the laughs concern their survival strategies in prison (at one point, Wilder decides to "reach out and talk" to some hulking murderer) and their plans to escape. Both performers are so brilliant in any situation that they give this film plenty of funny moments (one or two of which became instantly classic), but this is not exactly a film for the ages

After the success of Silver Streak it was inevitable that Gene & Richard would be teamed up again & they are here in another very funny outing for the comedy duo. Maybe this is not quite as good as their first film together but it is still one of the best comedies around. Framed for a crime they didn't commit the two new yorkers find themselves facing a long time behind bars. Skips new found talent may be their ticket out of prison, just maybe. The film runs out of steam a bit towards the end, they don't appear to know how to end it! However the chemistry between Wilder & Pryor coupled with some other great characters & scenes make this a classic prison comedy.