Search - Stir Crazy [Widescreen/Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Drug Content Movie Release: 1980 DVD Release: 06/29/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 8 Genres: Comedy, Comedy of Errors, Prison Film, Buddy Film, Odd Couple Film See Also: Stir Crazy [Widescreen]

After the excellent audience response to their teaming in Silver Streak, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor reunited for this zany comedy. Wilder and Pryor play a couple of out-of-work numbskulls who take a promotional job that requires them to dress up like gigantic woodpeckers. Unfortunately, a pair of thieves, likewise decked out in woodpecker suits, pull off a bank job not long after Wilder and Pryor make their first public appearance. The boys are arrested and sentenced to 120 years each (at this point, we know we're not dealing with real life). After a concerted (and hilarious) effort to make the best of things "in stir," Wilder and Pryor break out of jail, hoping to track down the genuine thieves. The mess never really works itself out, suggesting that perhaps the stars had a Stir Crazy II lurking in the recesses of their minds. Written by Bruce Jay Friedman and directed by Sidney Poitier, it never did spawn a sequel, though a TV series spin-off, starring Larry Riley and Joseph Guzaldo, briefly surfaced in 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Gene Wilder - Skip Donahoe
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe
JoBeth Williams - Meredith
Georg Stanford Brown - Rory Schultebrand
Craig T. Nelson - Deputy Ward Wilson
Miguel Angel Suarez - Jesus Ramirez

Sidney Poitier directs Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in the prison comedy Stir Crazy, which comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Portuguese subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include filmographies, and the theatrical trailer. This is a fine release from Columbia/Tristar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide