Comedy duo Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made several classic comedy films together. This box set has 3 of these gems remastered, Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Another You.
In Stir Crazy, Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) are sentenced to 125 years for a bank robbery they didn’t commit and must rely on each other to survive in a maximum-security prison. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, blind Wally (Pryor) and deaf Dave (Wilder) team up to foil a murderous gang of thieves. Finally, in Another You, compulsive liar George (Wilder) is mistaken for the heir to a fortune, to the delight of conman Eddie (Pryor).
This essential three-disc collection features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, interviews, critical appreciations, and a 100-page book containing new and archival writings. It is strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units.
SPECIAL FEATURES –
Audio commentaries on Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil with entertainment journalists Max Evry and Bryan Reesman (2024)
Audio commentary on Another You with film historian Kim Newman and Empire magazine editor Nick de Semlyen (2024)
Interview with Tom Scott (2024): the composer and actor talks about his work on the Stir Crazy score
Interview with Stewart Copeland (2024): the composer and Police drummer recalls his work on the See No Evil, Hear No Evil score
Michael Boyce Gillespie on Sidney Poitier (2024): the cinema studies professor discusses Poitier’s directorial career and his relationship with Richard Pryor
The Making of ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’: archival promotional documentary
Original theatrical trailers
Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
Limited edition exclusive 100-page book with a new essay by Jeff Billington, extracts from archival interviews with Pryor and Wilder, archival production reports on Stir Crazy, extracts from the films’ press books, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits.
