Stir Crazy

Name: Stir Crazy
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1980-12-12
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 6.80
Cast: Gene Wilder, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Richard Pryor

– New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, have no jobs and no prospects. They decide to flee the c..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.80 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 51 Minutes

Release Year:

1980

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!

Styles:

Harsh, Funny, Neurotic, Light, Not Serious, Witty, Feel Good, Humorous, Exciting, Realistic

Story Timeline:

1970s, 1980s, 20th Century

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Arizona, Cross Country

Genre:

Comedy, Crime

Editor's Pick for:

Boys' night, Teens

Stir Crazy (1980) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Dec 1980

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Directed by:

Sidney Poitier

Story Written By:

Bruce Jay Friedman

Main Actors:

Gene Wilder, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Richard Pryor

Plot:

Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production Company:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

67%

Metacritic:

56%