This is a 1980 film directed by Sydney Poitier which stars Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two down-on-their-luck friends, Skip and Harry living in New York. One day, a series of mishaps causes the pair to lose their respective jobs at the same time. Gene Wilder's character decides he's fed up of life in the City and wants to move out to sunnier climes in America, with his buddy. At first, Richard's character isn't too keen but he soon comes round after much persuasion. So anyway, they manage to get work somewhere in the West, dressing up as chickens and performing dance routines at a bank. They are observed by some ...  Read the complete review

Stir Crazy was a comedy released back right at the start of the 1980's and directed by Sidney Poitier. It is one of those movies that was really funny then and still is today as it's not like some comedies nowadays that think they have to be really crude to be funny. This is a classic comedy starrring two actors at the time who were at their peak - Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. These are two actors I found very amusing in most things they appear in. To be honest with you if it had been a different pairing together then it might not have been as good as they work brilliantly together with not much effort. The movie has a relatively simple plot so you don't ...  Read the complete review

......Because they are going to split. This is Gene Wilder and Richard Prior at their very best. This film follows the exploits of the pair as they decide to leave their current lives behind and try to make new ones for themselves in the west. Due to a case of mistaken identity they are imprisoned for a bank robbery that they did not commit and due to getting the toughest judge around are sentenced to 130 years each. After finding out the Wilders character is a born Bull rider, the prison govener embarks on a mission to convince Wilder (who is none too keen) to ride for him in the interprison rodeo, which he has not won for years. Wilder finally agrees after ...  Read the complete review

Last night my mum and her man freind went out for the night so i looked into the video cabinet and i saw this film and thought it was really good and now i want to write about it my freind came over to watch it with me but his girlfreind came over as well and they went upstairs to ride the punanny but i donot know what that means The film is about two men and they go across the country to look for a job and one is an actor and one is a writer and they have both just got the sack from there jobs before Then they get a job as woodpeckers in a bank but some other men get in the costumes when they are having an ice cream and they rob the bank and the two main people ...  Read the complete review