Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor were reunited for the second time in “Stir Crazy,” the story of two friends sent to prison for a crime they did not commit, and, as expected, comedy ensues. Director Sidney Poitier (“Buck and the Preacher” 1972) used his considerable experience in motion pictures in crafting this watchable comedy.
The screenplay by Bruce Jay Friedman is good material for Pryor and Wilder, as well as co-stars Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Nicolas Coster, Miguel Angel Suarez, Cedrick Hardman, Grand L. Bush, Lee Purcell, and Jonathan Banks.
Wilder and Pryor appeared in three other pictures together: “Silver Streak” (1976), “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” (1989), and “Another You” (1991). “Stir Crazy” was successful in theatrical release for Columbia Pictures.
Stir Crazy (1980)
cinema
My Review
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor were reunited for the second time in “Stir Crazy,” the story of two friends sent to prison for a crime they did not commit, and, as expected, comedy ensues. Director Sidney Poitier (“Buck and the Preacher” 1972) used his considerable experience in motion pictures in crafting this watchable comedy.
The screenplay by Bruce Jay Friedman is good material for Pryor and Wilder, as well as co-stars Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Nicolas Coster, Miguel Angel Suarez, Cedrick Hardman, Grand L. Bush, Lee Purcell, and Jonathan Banks.
Wilder and Pryor appeared in three other pictures together: “Silver Streak” (1976), “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” (1989), and “Another You” (1991). “Stir Crazy” was successful in theatrical release for Columbia Pictures.