Gene Wilder,
Richard Pryor,
JoBeth Williams,
Georg Stanford Brown,
Craig T. Nelson
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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 ... read more
Directed by: Sidney Poitier
Release Date: December 12, 1980
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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
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October 11, 2011This has to be the best Wilder and Pryor combo by far, the sequences set at the beginning of their jail time is pure gold, it loses it at the end as the film progresses towards the surprisingly dull escape part of the plot but rest assured the rest of the film is hilarious. Wilde... read more
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January 10, 2011Hilarious movie, a classic starring comedy duo Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. I love it, and I highly recommend it.
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August 10, 2010Pryor and Wilder, the perfect comedy duo, are funny as ever, mixing Wilder's zany antics, with Pryor's no nonsense form of social awareness. One of their best.
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September 9, 2009One of the funniest, definitely the unlikeliest and certainly one of my favourite comedy pairings ever. This is Wilder and Pryor's best film together that has me in tears every time I watch it. The scene where they first enter prison is comedy perfection! Brilliant!
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April 7, 2009Two bumbling suburbanites are framed for bank robbery and sentenced to 125 years in a tough western penitentiary. This mildly amusing prison comedy certainly has some funny moments, especially during their initial incarceration and when the wardens turn the screws to bend them to... read more
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August 15, 2007A classic prison comedy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. There are some great scenes of them adjusting to jail life. These two clowns make it a fun stay in a harsh environment.
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December 16, 2011The followup to Silver Streak has the boys being wrongly accused of a bank robbery and end up in the State Penn out west. This film has many laughs but has some heart to it as well and Poitier gets good performances from WIlder and Pryor and the supporting cast. Wilder and Pryor ... read more
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November 14, 2010Two men are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. The fact that the two men are played by Pryor and Wilder tells you everything you need to know. There are plenty of laughs (nobody can swear like Pryor), a love interest, a villain and it all ends happily.
Critic Reviews
January 19, 2012
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
August 16, 2007
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...one can't help but wish that director Sidney Poitier had just let Wilder and Pryor do their thing. Full Review
January 29, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Stir Crazy is a funny comedy starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Full Review
March 4, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
22 years later, and I'm still not laughing.
January 9, 2003
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
A comedy classic -- see for yourself.
April 18, 2006
Lori Hoffman, Atlantic City Weekly
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