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Name: Blazing Saddles
Released: 1974-2-6
Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, David Huddleston

Blazing Saddles

R
1h 33m
1974

89%

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Ribald, tasteless, and hilarious ... this classic spoof of the Western genre by director Mel Brooks pokes fun at everyone and everything. A corrupt governor grants a reprieve to an African American convict if the condemned man agrees to serve as sheriff of a small Western town, believing that new sheriff will only live long enough to serve the needs of the governor and his nefarious railroad-baron backer. Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Madeline Kahn); Best Music, Original Song; and Best Film Editing.

Director:

Mel Brooks

Producer:

Mel Brooks, Michael Hertzberg

Cast:

Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, David Huddleston, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras, Dom DeLuise, John Hillerman, Count Basie

Special Features

Locked video

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks’ Wild, Wild West

29 MIN

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Back in the Saddle

28 MIN

Locked video

Black Bart

24 MIN

Deleted Scenes

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

89%

Critics Consensus: Daring, provocative, and laugh-out-loud funny, Blazing Saddles is a gleefully vulgar spoof of Westerns that marks a high point in Mel Brooks' storied career.

Reviews

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Fico Cangiano

A fantastic, fun comedy that was ahead of its time. Mel Brook's sharp parody of the cowboy genre, also tackles racism with some lightning shots. [Full review in Spanish]

Blazing Saddles made Mel Brooks for a time the medium’s leading comedic filmmaker...

Gene Wilder is perfect as the alcoholic gunslinger the Waco Kid, and Madeline Kahn steals the show as a Dietrich-like chanteuse.

Most of the gags in Blazing Saddles never were very funny, and probably Brooks knows that and thinks that what's funny about those rotten old jokes is how unfunny they are.

Not only is it an affectionately riotous parody of the cowboy genre, it also keenly engages very real and deep-seated issues of racism in American life.

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