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Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, written by Bruce Jay Friedman, produced by Hannah Weinstein, and starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two unemployed friends who are given 125-year prison sentences after getting framed for a bank robbery.
Dec 12, 1980 · Two friends are wrongfully accused of a bank robbery and sent to prison, where they face hilarious challenges and adventures. Directed by Sidney Poitier, this film features Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as a hilarious duo in a classic prison comedy.
- (31K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Sidney Poitier
- 1980-12-12
Check out the trailer for the 1980 buddy comedy Stir Crazy. Watch Now: • Stir Crazy (1980) This film was selected by AAFCA member, Ed Adams, as part of the series, Sony Pictures Action...
- 2 min
- 72.4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Aug 28, 2021 · Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, written by Bruce Jay Friedman, produced by Hannah Weinstein, and starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two unemployed friends who are given 125-year prison sentences after getting framed for a bank robbery.
"Stir Crazy" seems to change its mind, halfway through, about the kind of movie it wants to be. It starts strong: It's a comedy that teams up, once again, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, who were the best things in the big 1977 hit "Silver Streak."
With a jailbreak offering them their only way out, a despondent duo rack their brains to figure out a foolproof plan. Fortuitously, one of them discovers an unexpected talent as a rodeo rider, and...
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- Sidney Poitier
- R
- Gene Wilder
Overview. New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank.
