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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, though things don't go exactly as planned. Directed by Mel Brooks and based on an hilarious script ûwritten, by among others, Richard PryorùBLAZING SADDLES is an extremely funny spoof, with almost every gag hitting its target.

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ProducerMichael Hertzberg

EAN7321900010016

eBay Product ID (ePID)3947276

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleBlazing Saddles

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

DirectorMel Brooks

Subtitle LanguageArabic\Dutch\English\French\Italian\Portuguese\Spanish

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year1999

FeaturesAudio Commentary\Interactive Menus\Production Notes\Scene Access, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time89 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Director of PhotographyJoseph Biroc

Costume DesignerVittorio Nino Novarese

Production DesignerPeter Wooley

ChoreographerAlan Johnson

Dubbing LanguagesFrench\Italian

Hearing ImpairedEnglish\Italian

Additional InformationA 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. <BR><BR><BR>Director Mel Brooks, working from an hilarious script-- written, by among others, Richard Pryorùmakes 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.

Movie/TV TitleBlazing Saddles

ComposerJohn Morris

Sound sourceMono

ScreenwriterNorman Steinberg, Alan Unger, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Andrew Bergman

EditorJohn C. Howard, Danford B. Greene