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One of the greatest on-screen comedy duos at the peak of their powers.

-Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. With two greats in one film, how can you go wrong? They improvised many of their scenes together.

-Arizona State Prison officials used the money given to rent out their facilities to construct a rodeo arena of their own.

-Total Film Magazine voted the film the 22nd greatest comedy film of all time in 2000. It was the third largest grossing film in 1980, behind The Empire Strikes Back and Nine to Five.

Stir Crazy (1980)

Running Time: 1:51:17 Rating: R Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Pryor and Gene Wilder are two losers from New York who decide to drive to California to change their luck. Along the way they stop in a small town and take a job requiring them to wear woodpecker costumes. When two crooks don identical outfits and rob the local bank, Pryor and Wilder are arrested for the crime.

Starring:

Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, JoBeth Williams

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Stir Crazy

(1:51:17)

By: Stir Crazy (1980) Released: 10/13/2009 Genre: Comedy

22 Ratings

Along the way to California, Pryor and Wilder stop in a small town and take a job requiring them to wear woodpecker costumes. When two crooks don identical outfits and rob the local bank, Pryor and Wilder are arrested for the crime.