Rent Stir Crazy (1980)
3.4 of 5 from 108 ratings
1h 46min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Would-be playwright Skip Donohue (Gene Wilder) and would-be actor Harry Monroe (Richard Pryor) should be on the road to success. But along the way to seeking their fortunes in California, they get stranded in Arizona. Hired to dress as woodpeckers for a bank promotion, Skip and Harry are mistaken for bank robbers and find themselves thrown behind bars. Outwitting wardens, sadistic guards, and fellow prisoners, the two even wind up in a prison rodeo.
- Actors:
- 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
- Directors:
- Sidney Poitier
- Producers:
- Hannah Weinstein
- Writers:
- Bruce Jay Friedman, Charles Blackwell
- Aka:
- Prison Rodeo
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Cinema's Most Memorable Comedy Double Acts, Films & TV by topic, Films to Watch If You Like..., Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Sidney Poitier, The Film Highlights of 1980, Top 10 Films By Year, What to Watch Next If You Liked Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/11/2024
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with journalists and authors Max Evry and Bryan Reesman (2024)
- Law and Order Funk (2024, 8 mins): composer and musician Tom Scott recalls the circumstances surroundingthe creation of the film's soundtrack
- The Defiant One (2024, 16 mins): author and scholar Michael Boyce Gillespie explores Sidney Poitier's directorial career and his professional working relationship with Richard Pryor
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
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