# Stir Crazy (1980)

> Two wrongly convicted city friends turn prison survival and an inter-prison rodeo into an irreverent escape from injustice.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12999

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Comedy, Crime
- Director: Sidney Poitier
- Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Charles Weldon
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081562/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: irreverent, buoyant, witty, casual comedy night, buddy movie night

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- [Three Fugitives (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/19801)
- [Down by Law (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/1013)
- [Goin' South (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/21351)
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- [Life (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/3581)
- [We're No Angels (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/3342)
- [Midnight Run (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/4374)

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