stir crazy be one of the first film i ever remember watching and it come out the year i be bear and i always associate 1980 with the time i come into the world and stir crazy . i be about 3 or 4 and my grandfather rent the video ( back in the early 80 and this be incredibly sophisticated ) . even though it pretty much an adult film and with swearing and nudity and adult theme and i find it to be hilarious at such a young age and i watch it few time . over the year i have watch it more and more and i only just get round to buy the dvd a few day ago . and now and at 26 and the film be still just as funny a it always be . there be not a single unfunny moment from the beginning to the end and even though the last act get serious and suspenseful . gene wilder and the late richard pryor play skip donahue and harry munro and two nyc loser who be make no money in their dream job of play write and actor . stick with insulting service job they both get fire on the same day and at the same moment and for various reason . skip and the apparent lady man and ever the delusional optimist and talk harry into see it a their big chance to escape nyc and head for la where you smile and they just pour money on you . in their rust and derelict combi and they make it as far a glenboro and a hicksville backwater desert town and where they be promptly frame for bank robbery . their lawyer be utterly useless and they be in jail before they know it and literally . skip only realize the seriousness of the situation a they be be show into their cell . but when skip show he have undiscovered talent a a rodeo champ the crooked warden force him to compete in the annual rodeo competition and give skip and harry and some others a chance to escape . the chemistry between wilder and pryor be insane . skip be innocent and optimistic and romantic and see the good in everything . harry be cynical and reactionary and be frequently the real victim of skip impossibly good natured personality . everything they say and do be brilliant and every scene have something special about it that you will remember always . it literally impossible for me to pick out one in particular a they be all as great a each other . it hard to believe that auteur actor sidney poiter direct this movie . i have never really see in do a crazy and comedic performance and so for him to be so on the ball and humorous behind the camera be always a surprise when watch stir crazy . there so many thing that stir crazy have go for it . it not just a crazy comedy and it also a character drama with wonderfully surreal and authentic moment ( mass mass mass murderer grossberger sin down in the valley and proving to be as timid a a kitten be one of them ) . if you do not find stir crazy funny and youre dead . and if you have never see it . youre certainly no movie buff .