Stir Crazy (2003 DVD of 1980 Gene Wilder / Richard Pryor prison comedy)

New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, have no jobs and no prospects. They decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, and land jobs as woodpeckers to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment -- they're sent to prison! Soon our heroes, imprisoned with a wild assortment of inmates, are trying to make the best of a bad situation. With 120-year sentences, it certainly doesn't look as though they're getting out anytime soon.
STIR CRAZY represents some of Poitier's best directorial work, and has become an American classic. His pairing of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor makes for an unforgettable duo whose humor is unrestrained and natural. The use of memorable character names like "Slowpoke" and "Caesar Gironimo" are signature touches of Poitier's.

Credits
Leading Role 1 Gene Wilder
Leading Role 2 Richard Pryor
Leading Role 3 JoBeth Williams
Additional Roles by Craig T. Nelson, Lee Purcell, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Joel Brooks
Director 1 Sidney Poitier
Screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman
Score Composer Tom Scott
Editor Harry Keller

Features
Region 2
Release Format DVD
Rating 15
Release Year 2002
Genre Comedy
Additional Genre General
Language English
Subtitle Languages Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Running Time 106 minutes
EAN 5035822002838