Stir Crazy

Starring:Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Miguel Ãngel SuÃ¡rez, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Charles Weldon, Nicolas Coster, Joel Brooks, Jonathan Banks, Erland van Lidth, Lewis Van Bergen, Karmin Murcelo, Franklyn Ajaye, Estelle Omens, Peter Looney, Cedrick Hardman, Doug Johnson, Henry Kingi
Director: Sidney Poitier
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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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. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

'Arrrgh! I can't feel one of my legs!'.......2007-01-15

Stir Crazy was one of the first films I ever remember watching, it came out the year I was born and I always associate 1980 with the time I came into the world and Stir Crazy. I was about 3 or 4 and my grandfather rented the video (back in the early 80s, this was INCREDIBLY sophisticated). Even though it's pretty much an adult film, with swearing, nudity and adult themes, I found it to be hilarious at such a young age and I watched it few times. Over the years I've watched it more and more and I only just got round to buying the DVD a few days ago. And now, at 26, the film is still just as funny as it always was. There is not a single unfunny moment from the beginning to the end, even though the last act gets serious and suspenseful.

Gene Wilder and the late Richard Pryor play Skip Donahue and Harry Munro, two NYC losers who are making no money in their dream jobs of play-write and actor. Stuck with insulting service jobs they both get fired on the same day, at the same moment, for various reasons. Skip, the apparent ladies man and ever the delusional optimist, talks Harry into seeing it as their big chance to escape NYC and head for LA 'where you smile and they just POUR money on you'.

In their rusted, derelict combi, they make it as far as Glenboro, a hicksville backwater desert town, where they are promptly framed for bank robbery. Their lawyer is utterly useless and they are in jail before they know it, literally. Skip only realizes the seriousness of the situation as they are being shown into their cell. But when Skip shows he has undiscovered talents as a rodeo champ the crooked Warden forces him to compete in the annual rodeo competition, giving Skip, Harry and some others a chance to escape.

The chemistry between Wilder and Pryor is insane. Skip is innocent, optimistic, romantic and sees the good in everything. Harry is cynical and reactionary and is frequently the real victim of Skip's impossibly good-natured personality. Everything they say and do is brilliant and every scene has something special about it that you'll remember always. It's literally impossible for me to pick out one in particular as they are all as great as each other.

It's hard to believe that auteur actor Sidney Poiter directed this movie. I've never really seen in do a crazy, comedic performance, so for him to be so on-the-ball and humorous behind the camera is always a surprise when watching Stir Crazy.

There's so many things that Stir Crazy has going for it. It's not just a crazy comedy, it's also a character drama with wonderfully surreal and authentic moments (mass-mass-mass murderer Grossberger sining 'Down in the Valley' and proving to be as timid as a kitten being one of them).

If you don't find Stir Crazy funny, you're dead. And if you've never seen it...you're certainly no movie buff.

Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder's finest film.......2006-08-09

I cannot say enough about this movie. I think it's their greatest collaboration with Silver Streak running a close second.
Skip Donohue...just hearing Richard say "Skip" throughout the movie is hilarious! If you have not seen this, you are missing out on a comedy classic.

Left me in stitches........2006-03-17

This movie is a great representation of the comedic chemistry shared by Pryor and Wilder. My favorite movie by the duo. Don't miss it!

good job.......2006-02-27

ordered this item for a present and needed it in 2 days,i chose nextday air and it arrived on time.can't complain,very pleased.

Great Movie!.......2006-02-22

I had seen this movie once before on late night t.v. but it was a 100 times funnier seeing it the second time.

Average customer rating:

a good Double Package

See No Evil, Hear No Evil/Stir Crazy
Starring: Joe Guzaldo , Larry Riley , Marc Silver (II) , Jeannie Wilson , and Richard Pryor
Director: Peter H. Hunt , and Arthur Hiller
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

Silver Streak
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The Toy
The Richard Pryor Collection (Which Way is Up?/ Brewster`s Millions/ Car Wash/ Bustin` Loose)

ASIN: B000803BOY
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Customer Reviews:

a good Double Package.......2007-02-08

back in the day I dug me some Pryor&Wilder. there chemistry always cracked me up. now Silver Streak was a trip,but Stir Crazy really took there pairing up a whole different level. See No Evil,Hear no Evil" cracked me up because Pryor was Blind in the film,Wilder was Deaf. that film still cracks me up. sometimes I go Hopping down the street as they did. Stir Crazy:Mistaken idenity lands Pryor&Wilder's character into Prison. it's a trip how things go down,but they end up being cleared in the end. I enjoyed both films.

Average customer rating:

'Arrrgh! I can't feel one of my legs!'
Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder's finest film
Left me in stitches.
good job
Great Movie!

Stir Crazy [Region 2]
Starring: Gene Wilder , Richard Pryor , Georg Stanford Brown , JoBeth Williams , and Miguel Ángel Suárez
Director: Sidney Poitier
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

Silver Streak
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
The Toy
Bustin' Loose
The Richard Pryor Collection (Which Way is Up?/ Brewster`s Millions/ Car Wash/ Bustin` Loose)

ASIN: B00006LSJ8

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Customer Reviews:

'Arrrgh! I can't feel one of my legs!'.......2007-01-15

Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder's finest film.......2006-08-09

Left me in stitches........2006-03-17

This movie is a great representation of the comedic chemistry shared by Pryor and Wilder. My favorite movie by the duo. Don't miss it!

good job.......2006-02-27

ordered this item for a present and needed it in 2 days,i chose nextday air and it arrived on time.can't complain,very pleased.

Great Movie!.......2006-02-22

I had seen this movie once before on late night t.v. but it was a 100 times funnier seeing it the second time.

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