Stir Crazy (1980)
- Starring:
- Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Poitier
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Stir Crazy
After the excellent audience response to their teaming in Silver Streak, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor reunited for this zany comedy. Wilder and Pryor play a couple of out-of-work numbskulls who take a promotional job that requires them to dress up like gigantic woodpeckers. Unfortunately, a pair of thieves, likewise decked out in woodpecker suits, pull off a bank job not long after Wilder and Pryor make their first public appearance. The boys are arrested and sentenced to 120 years each (at this point, we know we're not dealing with real life). After a concerted (and hilarious) effort to make the best of things "in stir," Wilder and Pryor break out of jail, hoping to track down the genuine thieves. The mess never really works itself out, suggesting that perhaps the stars had a Stir Crazy II lurking in the recesses of their minds. Written by Bruce Jay Friedman and directed by Sidney Poitier, it never did spawn a sequel, though a TV series spin-off, starring Larry Riley and Joseph Guzaldo, briefly surfaced in 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 108 mins
Complete Cast of Stir Crazy
- Gene Wilder - Skip Donahoe
- JoBeth Williams - Meredith
- Craig T. Nelson - Deputy Ward Wilson
- Barry Corbin - Warden Walter Beatty
- Nicolas Coster - Warden Henry Sampson
- Jonathan Banks - Jack Graham
- Lewis van Bergen - Guard
- Franklyn Ajaye - Young Man in Hospital
- Rod McCary - Minister
- Henry Kingi - Ramon
- Doug Johnson - Guard #2
- Claudia Cron - Joy
- Thomas Moore - Judge
- Toni Howard
- Alvin Ing - Korean Doctor
- Gwen van Dam - Mrs. Beatty
- Lynn Stalmaster
- Herman Poppe - Alex
- Estelle Omens - Mrs. R.H. Broache
- Madison Arnold - Guard #3
- Grand L. Bush - Big Mean's Sidekick
- Luis Avalos - Chico
- Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe
- Georg Stanford Brown - Rory Schultebrand
- Miguel Angel Suarez - Jesus Ramirez
- Charles Weldon - Blade
- Joel Brooks - Len Garber
- Erland Van Lidth - Grossberger
- Lee Purcell - Susan
- Karmin Murcelo - Theresa Ramirez
- Peter Looney - Kicker #1
- Mickey Jones - Guard #8
- Cedrick Hardman - Big Mean
- Don Circle - Bank Teller
- James Oscar Lee - Kicker #2
- Herbert Hirschman - Man at Dinner Party
- Danna Hansen - Mrs. Sampson
- Esther Sutherland - Sissie
- Essex Smith - Blade's Friend
- Pamela Poitier - Cook's Helper
- Herb Armstrong - County Jail Guard
- Billy Beck - Flycatching Prisoner
- Donna Kei Benz - Nancy
- Bill Bailey - Announcer
- Director(s):
- Sidney Poitier
- Writer(s):
- Bruce Jay Friedman
- Producer(s):
- Melville Tucker, Hannah Weinstein
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Profanity, Drug Content, Mild Violence, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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