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Stir Crazy

  • 1980
  • R
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
31K
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Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy (1980)
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Dark ComedyComedyCrime

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Sidney Poitier
  • Writers
    • Bruce Jay Friedman
    • Charles Blackwell
  • Stars
    • Gene Wilder
    • Richard Pryor
    • Georg Stanford Brown
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    31K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sidney Poitier
    • Writers
      • Bruce Jay Friedman
      • Charles Blackwell
    • Stars
      • Gene Wilder
      • Richard Pryor
      • Georg Stanford Brown
    • 103User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Stir Crazy
    Trailer 1:32
    Stir Crazy
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    John C. Reilly and Steven Coogan Show Us the Real 'Stan & Ollie'
    John C. Reilly and Steven Coogan Show Us the Real 'Stan & Ollie'
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    John C. Reilly and Steven Coogan Show Us the Real 'Stan & Ollie'

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    Gene Wilder
    Gene Wilder
    • Skip Donahue
    Richard Pryor
    Richard Pryor
    • Harry Monroe
    Georg Stanford Brown
    Georg Stanford Brown
    • Rory Schultebrand
    JoBeth Williams
    JoBeth Williams
    • Meredith
    Miguel Ángel Suárez
    Miguel Ángel Suárez
    • Jesus Ramirez
    • (as Miguelangel Suarez)
    Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson
    • Deputy Ward Wilson
    Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin
    • Warden Walter Beatty
    Charles Weldon
    Charles Weldon
    • Blade
    Nicolas Coster
    Nicolas Coster
    • Warden Henry Sampson
    Joel Brooks
    Joel Brooks
    • Len Garber
    Jonathan Banks
    Jonathan Banks
    • Jack Graham
    Erland van Lidth
    Erland van Lidth
    • Grossberger
    • (as Erland Van Lidth De Jeude)
    Lewis Van Bergen
    Lewis Van Bergen
    • Guard #1
    Karmin Murcelo
    • Teresa Ramirez
    Franklyn Ajaye
    Franklyn Ajaye
    • Young Man in Hospital
    Estelle Omens
    • Mrs. R.H. Broache
    Peter Looney
    • Kicker #1
    Cedrick Hardman
    • Big Mean
    • Director
      • Sidney Poitier
    • Writers
      • Bruce Jay Friedman
      • Charles Blackwell
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Prior to filming, Arizona State Prison Warden Robert Raines had tried to organize a rodeo for 2 years. The biggest obstacle was the cost of constructing an arena, complete with grandstand, stables, and livestock chutes. When Columbia Pictures inquired about renting the prison for a film shoot, he saw a way to realize his dream. If security could be maintained, the prison was available for a fee which matched the budget for the new rodeo grounds. Raines said, "There was a fringe benefit we didn't anticipate. Morale in the prison was never higher. Some 350 inmates signed on as extras, playing themselves, and the rest, even the most notorious troublemakers, stayed on their best behavior. There were simply no incidents."
    • Goofs
      It's never explained why the four escapees (Skip, Harry, Rory and Jesus) each go through different and complicated paths to get out, instead of going through the same way that Skip did. Also, it's never explained why Grossberger doesn't attempt to escape, and prefers to stay in prison (other than the possibility that the filmmakers didn't want the protagonists to help the escape of a mass murderer.)
    • Quotes

      Skip Donahue: What are you doing?

      Harry Monroe: I'm gettin bad. You better get bad, Jack, 'cause if you ain't bad, you're gonna get fucked.

    • Alternate versions
      The original 1999 DVD and the current Blu-Ray by Image Entertainment restores bits of footage absent from previous video versions.(the VHS copies were transferred from a slightly damaged 35mm print of the film and the print damage caused this), during the transition from the prison cafeteria to the activity yard in which after Harry is told by Rory that he killed his stepfather by slapping his hand in which Harry takes his hand and pats it lightly a few times and then a shot of the prison yard before cutting to the various outside activities with the inmates.
    • Connections
      Edited into Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Crazy
      Sung by Gene Wilder
      Composed by Michael Masser (uncredited) and Randy Goodrum (uncredited)
      Produced by Michael Masser (uncredited)

    User reviews103

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    8/10

    Pryor/Wilder 2

    After their rendezvous in Silver Streak, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder team up again. I heard Richard Pryor mentioning this movie in a stand-up routine. He didn't mention it by name because they'd just finished filming. He talked about doing a movie in an Arizona prison and how there were guys in there with triple life. Meaning, if they died and came back they'd still be in prison. LOL!

    Harry Monroe (Richard Pryor) and Skip Donahue (Gene Wilder) are two friends who've been fired from their respective small-time jobs in New York. Skip is a playwright and Harry is an actor. They decided that their firings were signs, so they packed up and headed west to make their big break. Their big break came in Arizona-as in their van breaking down. Then, through some criminal deceit and judicial ineptness the two of them end up in prison with 125 year sentences.

    This movie, as far as comedy, was better than Silver Streak. Pryor and Wilder both were in fine form. Not only that, prison just seems to make for such funny scenarios. I thoroughly enjoyed Stir Crazy.
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    • Release date
      • December 12, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Prison Rodeo
    • Filming locations
      • Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $101,300,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,691,886
      • Dec 14, 1980
    • Gross worldwide
      • $101,300,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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