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A hilarious, madcap spoof of nearly every Hollywood Western convention, BLAZING SADDLES turns racism on its head at every turn. When the sheriff of a small frontier town is killed, convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is appointed the first black sheriff of the all-white Rock Ridge by the evil Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) in a bid to chase the townspeople from their homes. The naive Sheriff Bart soon realizes from the less-than-cheery welcome that the townspeople (who all seem to be named Johnson) aren't prepared for a black sheriff and that he was never meant to succeed at all. Enlisting the sensitive town drunk (Gene Wilder), formerly the Waco Kid, Bart embarks on a plan to help save Rock Ridge. A scathing spoof that deals with racism, sexism, and bodily functions, BLAZING SADDLES offers a contrast between picture and words that is shocking, subversive, and hysterical. Director Mel Brooks makes two memorable appearances as both the sleazy governor and a Yiddish-speaking Sioux Indian chief, while Madeline Kahn does a side-splitting Marlene Dietrich imitation as the town floozy/entertainer. Featuring fabulous comic turns by Alex Karras, Slim Pickens, and the aforementioned Little, Brooks, Korman, and Wilder, BLAZING SADDLES is one of the raunchiest, funniest, and most beloved spoofs ever made.

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EAN5051892166898

eBay Product ID (ePID)25048544968

Product Key Features

ActorAlex Karras, Mel Brooks, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Claude Ennis Starrett

Film/TV TitleBlazing Saddles

DirectorMel Brooks

Release Year2014

FormatBlu-ray

LanguageEnglish

Features40th Anniversary Edition

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time89 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

ReviewsFilm4 - It's tough to beat as an outrageously phlegmy deposit in Hollywood's spittoon., Chicago Sun-Times - It's a crazed grabbag of a movie that does everything to keep us laughing except hit us over the head with a rubber chicken., TIME Magazine - Goldarned if the whole fool enterprise is not worth the attention of any moviegoer with a penchant for what one actor, commenting on another's Gabby Hayes imitation, calls 'authentic western gibberish.'

ScreenwriterMel Brooks, Richard Pryor

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleBlazing Saddles

Consumer AdviceContains mouthed strong language, moderate sex references and racist terms