| Product Details |
| A madcap spoof of the classic Hollywood Western, BLAZING SADDLES is also one of the most gleefully anti-P.C. films ever produced by a major studio. When the sheriff of a small frontier town is killed, convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is appointed the first black sheriff of all-white Rock Ridge by the evil Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman), who hopes this will chase the townspeople from their homes. The naive Sheriff Bart soon catches on, realizing 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 help of the sensitive town drunk (Gene Wilder), formerly the Waco Kid, Bart embarks on a plan to 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 hilarious. Director Mel Brooks makes two memorable appearances--as both the sleazy governor and a Yiddish-s... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Directors: |
Mel Brooks |
| Actors: |
Alex Karras · Burton Gilliam · Harvey Korman · Madeline Kahn · Mel Brooks · Slim Pickens |
| Stars: |
Cleavon Little · Gene Wilder |
| UPC: |
012569100121, 012569100138, 012569807259, 012569807266, 085391610939, 085391722137, 085391895923, 085391895930, 663286201082 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 33min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 30th Anniversary Special Edition, DVD: 30th Anniverssary Special Edition, DVD: Deluxe Collector's Box Set, DVD: Standard and letterbox, VHS, VHS: Dinner and a Movie Version, VHS: Fullscreen, VHS: Special Edition, VHS: Widescreen |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended |
| Release Date: |
1974 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Dinner and a Movie Version
- 1hr 41min
- Warner Home Video
- September 29, 1998
- R (MPAA)
- 085391610939
, - VHS: Fullscreen
- 1hr 33min
- Warner Home Video
- February 08, 1993
- R (MPAA)
- 012569100138
- Sound Features: HiFi, Digital
, - VHS: Special Edition
- 1hr 33min
- Warner Home Video
- April 03, 2001
- R (MPAA)
- 085391895930
- Sound Features: Stereo
, - VHS: Widescreen
- 1hr 33min
- Warner Home Video
- April 27, 1999
- R (MPAA)
- 085391722137
- Sound Features: HiFi
, - VHS
- 1hr 30min
- Fusion Video
, - VHS
- 1hr 33min
- Movies Unlimited
- R (MPAA)
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Alan Unger, Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Richard Pryor |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/11/2002, p.36, Entertainment Weekly Staff): "...Brooks' success left an unmistakable scent on movies from AIRPLANE! To AMERICAN PIE...", (07/01/2004, p.111, Glenn Kenny): "[I]t's still unfailingly hilarious, and it's practically overflowing with real heart and warmth...", (07/01/2006, p.64, Widescreen Review Staff): "In a hilarious assault on good taste, BLAZING SADDLES stars Cleavon Little as an unlikely sheriff and Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid...", (07/03/1997, p.3D, Mike Clark): "...This cowboy-tweaking smash was great in its day...", (09/01/2004, p.94, Geoffrey Macnab): "Gene Wilder is ingenuous..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"It's not Hedy. It's Hedley. Hedley Lamarr"--Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman)
"What the hell are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue her."--Governor Lepetomane (Mel Brooks)
"My name is Jim. But most people call me...Jim."--Jim (Gene Wilder) to Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little)
"Yeah, but I shoot with this hand."--Jim
"If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad."--Jim to Sheriff Bart, about Mongo (Alex Karras)
"Excuse me while I whip this out."--Sheriff Bart
"I got it! I know how we can run everybody out of Rock Ridge...We'll kill the firstborn male child of every household."--Taggart (Slim Pickens)
"Too Jewish."--Lamarr
"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"--Mexican bandit
"You'd do it for Randolph Scott."--Sheriff Bart
"Randolph Scott!"--the townspeople
"I didn't get a 'harrumph' out of that guy!"--Governor Lepetomane
"Give the governor a 'harrumph!'"--Lamarr
"Harrumph!"--Reporter
"You watch your ass."--Governor
"Can't you see that's the last act of a desperate man?"--Sheriff Bart
"We don't care if it's the first act of HENRY V, we're leaving!"--villager |
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