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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, [2] 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. While in prison they befriend other prison inmates.
Oct 5, 2023 · Discover 48 fascinating facts about the legendary movie Stir Crazy, packed with laughter and chaos, starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.
Stir Crazy: Directed by Sidney Poitier. With Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams. Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Sidney Poitier
- 1980-12-12
“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.”
Life in a maximum-security prison proves difficult for both Skip and Harry. After a failed attempt at faking insanity, they make friends with Jesus Ramirez (Miguel Ángel Suárez), a real bank robber, and Rory Schultebrand (Georg Stanford Brown), a gay man who killed his stepfather.
Jul 23, 2020 · Stir Crazy was thus left to stand alone. An overtly mainstream comedy, made by an African American director, it showed for over a decade that when given the opportunity, there was serious box office to be made.
Stir Crazy. 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...
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