Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy is one of my all time favorites. It may have a lot to do with being an absolute fan of Richard Pryor when I was young, but of all his movies this one had a great plot and perfectly timed humor. I think Eddie Murphy's LIFE was also inspired by this movie. Still to this day I wonder what life would have been like once they escape. I mean trouble was their shadow. Looking back on it now, it's great to see all the young faces and marvel on just how time flies. If you never saw this movie, you just don't know what you're missing.

Even though the duo had done "Silver Streak" four years prior, this is the movie where the duo make chemistry. This is one of my favorite movies of all time! I got so many favorite scenes, like Richard teaching Gene how to act "bad" in prison, how they both end up sharing a cell with Grossberger, and when the gay dude kisses Pryor! This movie still holds up today, and a lot funnier than many movies today. Sad to say, the other two follow up movies are nowhere as good as this, because in the late 80s, Richard was getting sicker and his appearance was deteriorating. But, this is a classic, and it will leave you wanting more!

This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen! Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are great together!

Gene Wilder and the late Richard Pryor are hilarious in this film,coming to California from New York to promote a business of theirs. They end up in jail because they were suspected of an armed bank robbery. At the bank,dressed in chicken costumes,the pair do a little dance. They remove the costumes,the real crooks themselves don them and hold up the newly-opened bank that Skip(Pryor) and Harry(Wilder) were promoting. Sidney Poitier,the star of 1967's GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?,1988's SHOOT TO KILL and some others,does a wonderful directing job. One of the best films of winter 1980-81. Previously,Pryor and Wilder together filmed 1976's SILVER STREAK,and following SC,1989's SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVIL and 1991's ANOTHER YOU(the latter was each Pryor's and Wilder's very last film). Sadly,the good Lord took away Peoria,Illinois-born Pryor in 2005. Wilder,widower of Saturday Night Live comedienne Gilda Radner,since retiring from show business has successfully battled cancer. Although now cancer-free,Wilder remains retired.

One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Another good comedy is See No Evil, Hear No Evil.