Must See Movie Recommendation of the Week: Stir Crazy

Instead of serving up a “Crappy Movie” recommendation of the week, this week I decided to put up a movie that is just plain awesome.  So while I still have a library of non quality but awesome movies to recommend, I’ll throw in the occasional “you probably haven’t seen this but have to” movie to share.

And this week we’re talking about Stir Crazy. Reason I think most of you haven’t seen this is that you’re just too young.   Of all the Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder comedies this one is by far my favorite.  Here’s a quick synopsis provided by IMDB.

Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural tallent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.

What that description doesn’t tell you is how incredibly funny this movie is.   Both Wilder and Prior are hilarious.  The screenplay is tops and the movie was directed by Sidney Poitier.   If you’re into witty humor and a mix of uptown NYC banter and redneck tendencies you’re going to love this flick.

Also, as an added bonus.   Erland Van Lidth plays Grossberger (Van Lidth is the opera guy in Running Man).

Check out the trailer .

This trailer sucks and does the movie no justice.