Stir Crazy

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American film comedy film film

Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn story by Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Richard Pryor ⓘ
surface form: Harry Monroe – Richard Pryor

Gene Wilder ⓘ
surface form: Skip Donahue – Gene Wilder
cinematographyBy Fred Schuler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Poitier ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Pembroke J. Herring ⓘ
genre buddy comedy ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Harry Monroe ⓘ
Skip Donahue ⓘ
musicBy Tom Scott ⓘ
notableFor commercial success in early 1980s American comedy cinema ⓘ
pairing of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Two friends are wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery. ⓘ
producer Hannah Weinstein ⓘ
Melville Tucker ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate December 12, 1980 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
setting American Southwest prison ⓘ
starring Barry Corbin ⓘ
Craig T. Nelson ⓘ
Gene Wilder ⓘ
Georg Stanford Brown ⓘ
JoBeth Williams ⓘ
Miguel Ángel Suárez ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
title Stir Crazy self-link ⓘ

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Silver Streak → followedBy → Stir Crazy ⓘ
Bruce Jay Friedman → notableWork → Stir Crazy ⓘ
Craig T. Nelson → notableWork → Stir Crazy ⓘ
Richard Pryor → notableWork → Stir Crazy ⓘ
Pryor → notableWork → Stir Crazy ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Pryor
Stir Crazy → title → Stir Crazy self-link ⓘ
Bruce Jay Friedman → wrote → Stir Crazy ⓘ