Double Feature of STIR CRAZY and SILVER STREAK July 6, 2007

STIR CRAZY, 1980, Sony Repertory, 108 min. Directed by Sidney Poitier (star of LILIES OF THE FIELD and IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT), this classic comedy once again pairs Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. The team's chemistry and improvisation make this one of the most quotable films of all time. Struggling playwright Wilder and struggling actor Pryor head west to seek their fortune. Framed for a bank robbery they didn't commit and sentenced to 125 years in jail, the two must appear in a prison rodeo in order to escape. Also features POLTERGEIST's Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams. "Yea, that's right! That's right! We bad!"

SILVER STREAK, 1976, 20th Century Fox, 114 min. Director Arthur Hiller’s (THE IN-LAWS) action comedy was the first of four team-ups by comedy giants Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Writer Collin Higgins (HAROLD AND MAUDE) spoofs Hitchcock and James Bond. George Caldwell (Wilder), a bored book publisher finds romance and murder with Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh) on a cross-country bullet train from Los Angeles to Chicago. Wilder befriends thief Grover Muldoon (Pryor) to get help fighting the murderers and saving Hilly. Climaxes with one of the most notable train crashes in film history. With great villainous turns by Patrick McGoohan (TV’s "The Prisoner") and seven-foot-two actor Richard Kiel (Jaws in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) as the henchman with bizarre-looking teeth. Also features Ned Beatty, Fred Willard, Scatman Crothers, Clifton James and Ray Walston. Musical score by Henry Mancini.

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