
The Blues Brothers(1980)
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.


“Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.”
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.

Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue

Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe

Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand

JoBeth Williams
Meredith

Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez

Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Ward Wilson

Barry Corbin
Warden Walter Beatty

Charles Weldon
Blade

Nicolas Coster
Warden Henry Sampson

Joel Brooks
Len Garber
Stir Crazy is a comedy, crime film released in 1980 exploring themes of mistaken identity, prison escape, fish out of water, wrongful imprisonment, buddy. Directed by Sidney Poitier, it stars Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown. New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
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