DIRECTED BY

Sidney Poitier

YEAR

1980

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Stir Crazy

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Stir Crazy (1980)

R 111 min - Comedy, Crime - 12 December 1980
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New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes 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.

Director:  Sidney Poitier
Writers:  Bruce Jay Friedman
Stars:  Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Charles Weldon, Nicolas Coster, Joel Brooks, Jonathan Banks, Erland van Lidth, Lewis van Bergen, Karmin Murcelo, Franklyn Ajaye, Estelle Omens, Peter Looney, Cedrick Hardman, Doug Johnson, Henry Kingi, Joe Massengale, Herman Poppe, Luis Ávalos, Esther Sutherland, Pamela Poitier, James Oscar Lee, Rod McCary, Claudia Cron, Bill Bailey, Donna Kei Benz, Grand L. Bush, Alvin Ing, Thomas Moore, Danna Hansen, Gwen Van Dam, Herb Armstrong, Herbert Hirschman, Don Circle, Madison Arnold, Gene Earl, Mickey Jones, Tracy Lee Rowe, Essex Smith, Kenneth Menard, Billy Beck, Lee Purcell, Rush Adams, Rocky Beach, Tony Burton, Raven Grey Eagle, Jim Henry, Drasha Meyer, Cliff Owens, Erik Owens, Scott Perry, John Richard Petersen, Stan Rodarte, Al Silvani, Earl W. Smith, Brien Varady, David Lautrec, David Moskowitz, Bob Yanez

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Storyline

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes 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.

Collections: Sidney Poitier
Tagline: Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
Genres: Comedy, Crime

Details

Official Website:  —
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  12 December 1980

Box Office

Budget:  $10,000,000
Revenue:  $101,300,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 51 min