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Bruce Jay Friedman (written by)
Release Date:
12 December 1980 (USA)
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Only these two pigeons could dress up as woodpeckers... more
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Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are...
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1 nomination
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Rapped And Tagged | Producers Corner: Stir Crazy
(From Fangoria. 26 October 2009, 1:59 AM, PDT)
Wilder Curses Movie Swear Words
(From WENN. 25 March 2008, 7:58 AM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 26 October 2009, 1:59 AM, PDT)
Wilder Curses Movie Swear Words
(From WENN. 25 March 2008, 7:58 AM, PDT)
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crazier and crazier
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gene Wilder | ... | Skip Donahue |
 | Richard Pryor | ... | Harry Monroe |
 | Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Rory Schultebrand |
 | JoBeth Williams | ... | Meredith |
 | Miguel Ángel Suárez | ... | Jesus Ramirez (as Miguelangel Suarez) |
 | Craig T. Nelson | ... | Deputy Ward Wilson |
 | Barry Corbin | ... | Warden Walter Beatty |
| Charles Weldon | ... | Blade |
 | Nicolas Coster | ... | Warden Henry Sampson |
 | Joel Brooks | ... | Len Garber |
| Jonathan Banks | ... | Jack Graham |
| Erland van Lidth | ... | Grossberger (as Erland Van Lidth De Jeude) |
| Lewis Van Bergen | ... | Guard #1 |
| Karmin Murcelo | ... | Teresa Ramirez |
| Franklyn Ajaye | ... | Young Man in Hospital |
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108 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Netherlands:MG6 |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia)
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Richard Pryor refused to wear the woodpecker costume for the bank scene so a double was used in the film but he did wear it for the poster and promotional pictures.
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Featured in "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003)
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Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
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Everyone likes a prison movie, and everyone likes a Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor comedy, so combine those two genres, and you've got a formidable piece of cinematic history. The two comedians play Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, a pair of New Yorkers whose lives are going nowhere. After witnessing a very unpleasant scene in a bar, they decide to move out west. In Arizona, they get a job in a bank as dancing woodpeckers. Then, some thugs get hold of the costumes and rob the bank. The crime naturally gets pinned on Skip and Harry, who get put in jail. Adjusting to life behind bars isn't all that easy for them, until Skip everyone discovers Skip's rodeo talent.
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor always made a great comedy team, and "Stir Crazy" is no exception. When I was in fifth grade and the teacher showed us "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", she told everyone that Gene Wilder was a great actor in many movies. I said "Stir Crazy", and she asked "Uh, did your parents let you see the whole thing?" My parents did let me see the whole thing, although there are some scenes that make it R-rated. But it's a really funny movie; you should see it.