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Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, David Huddleston ... see more see more... , Mel Brooks , Alex Karras , Madeline Kahn , Carol Arthur , Richard Collier , Liam Dunn , George Furth , Burton Gilliam , John Hillerman , Robyn Hilton , Charles McGregor , Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. , Dom DeLuise , Don Megowan , Darrell Sandeen , Carol DeLuise , Count Basie , Jack Starrett

Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff of a stunned... read more read more... town scheduled for demolition by an encroaching railroad. Little and co-star Gene Wilder have great chemistry, and the delightful supporting cast includes Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, and Madeline Kahn as a chanteuse modelled on Marlene Dietrich. As in Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), and High Anxiety (1977), director/writer Mel Brooks gives a burlesque spin to a classic Hollywood movie genre; in his own manic, Borscht Belt way, Brooks was a central player in revising classic genres in light of Seventies values and attitudes, an effort most often associated with such directors as Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich . Some of this film's sequences, notably a gaseous bean dinner around a campfire, have become comedy classics. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Mel Brooks

Release Date: February 7, 1974

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DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997

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  • spielberg00
    January 21, 2012
    spielberg00
    Western satire and racial vulgarity are the crux of what makes Mel Brooks's Western spoof funny. The story, set in 1874 (100 years prior to the film's release), is of Bart (Broadway star Cleavon Little), an African-American slave in the Old West. After being appointed sheriff by ... read morepolitical boss Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman), he strikes a friendship with fictional Western legend Jim the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder), and realizes immediately that Lamarr is completely overbearing and wants him out of the West.

    What I personally love about BLAZING SADDLES is the unfathomably odd ways in which it made cinematic history. Who knew: the infamous bean dinner scene held the first "bloozers" (Mel Brooks's unique term) ever to appear in film. I find even funnier the scene in which one man tells another man he can't "park [his] animal there," and the second man responds by punching the first man's horse in the face. Make sure to thank Mr. Brooks the next time you see, "No animals were harmed in the making of this film."
  • DreamExtractor
    August 30, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    Blazing Saddles is an american classic, it may be one of the funniest spoofs ever made, and is also one of Mel Brooks best film.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    August 28, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles is an essential comedy classic. The film is a must see spoof of the Western genre. Blazing Saddles is a brilliant film with plenty of laughs. Mel Brooks has assembled one terrific cast and they all deliver great performances. The thing that really sto... read moreod out for Blazing Saddles, that I thought was very humorous was the deliberate use of many anachronisms. I thought the fact that it did so many times; it made this film so much funnier. The film is crude, but you can't deny its terrific use of comedy. This is one of the best films that Mel Brooks has made. Blazing Saddles is filled with hilarious comedic moments, and the cast involved definitely make this film worth seeing. If you're a fan of Westerns, but a more comedic element to the point it's a spoof, then Blazing Saddles is the film for you. There's a strong cast on screen, and they all deliver something, funny and clever that will appeal to viewers. If you're a fan of Mel Brooks' work, then give this one a viewing, or if you already have seen it, then pop it into your DVD player and revisit this timeless Western spoof. There's so much to love about Blazing Saddles and the comedy displayed on screen, is of course crude and vulgar at times, but its all in good fun. If you're a fan of Brooks' work, then you're most likely going to enjoy this real comedy classic. This is definitely not a comedy to miss out on. Superbly well acted and with sharp, witty comedy will make this a film that you'll remember for a long time.
  • FilmFanatik
    August 13, 2011
    FilmFanatik
    Mel Brooks' comedy masterpiece Blazing Saddles has never lost any of its comedic value since its 1974 theatrical release. It holds just as much power for laughter as it did nearly 40 years ago. The amazing cast includes Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn and ... read morea bit of inspired casting with Cleavon Little. Everybody is on top of their game with this one. Stories have been told that both John Wayne and Richard Pryor were asked to be in the film, with Pryor still sharing a screen credit today. I can't imagine what that version of the film would have been like but it's amazing to ponder. People consider Young Frankenstein the great Mel Brooks classic, but I consider it second to this. It's a far more superior comedy, and I guess a bit subversive also.
  • Deano78
    June 26, 2011
    Deano78
    Still quite a funny spoof on westerns by today's standards.
  • fb1341085175
    June 23, 2011
    fb1341085175
    Politically-incorred, vulgar, crude, infamous, nonsense. And I had a terrific time watching it.
  • blkbomb
    June 6, 2011
    blkbomb
    "Excuse me while I whip this out." Blazing Saddles is the best spoof ever. A minute doesn't go by without a laugh. Some of them may be cheap laughs, but it's a Mel Brooks movie so that should be expected. It hits on so many cliches in the western genre, it's ridiculous and has so... read more many scenes that are just classic. I'm glad Cleavon Little got the role of Bart instead of Richard Pryor. I can't see anybody else in that role not even Pryor. Blazing Saddles is easily one of Mel Brooks best films.
  • EightThirty
    April 25, 2011
    EightThirty
    03/04/2011 (PS3/Blu-Ray)

    I got this on Blu-Ray for a bargain and it looks the bloody same as DVD!! Anyway it is still a funny flick to watch and honestly, it is very childish at times in humor, it's probably why I enjoyed it more as a kid however, there are scenes where I just ... read morekeep rewinding to laugh at cause I don't want to stop laughing... cause its good for my abs.

    I love these "'Mel Brooks' flicks, they are tremendous in entertainment and
    the fun is consistent. I like westerns and I like comedy so its a pretty gun-blazing fusion for me with laughing and looting, horses and humor and only now I noticed the suggestive themes that, believe it or not, I missed as a youngster, anyhow, I finally got it.

    It's still got it! Not as funny as I remembered but it will leave you gutted from laughing the first time you experience a ride on one of these Blazing Saddles!
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    February 1, 2011
    LoughnerWasLucid
    I was told this movie was supposed to be BLAZING. instead its just kinda like, grilled with some sweet and sour sauce.
  • ajv2688
    January 1, 2011
    ajv2688
    My least favourite of Brook's comedy spoofs. I suppose it's because I don't like westerns anyway.

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Richard Schickel
August 22, 2008
Richard Schickel, 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.' Full Review

Don Druker
April 2, 2008
Don Druker, Chicago Reader

One of the funniest awful movies ever made. Full Review

Variety Staff
April 2, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

Although Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder head a uniformly competent cast, pic is handily stolen by Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn. Kahn is simply terrific doing a Marlene Dietrich lampoon. Full Review

Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, 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. Full Review

Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

Blazing Saddles has no dominant personality, and it looks as if it includes every gag thought up in every story conference. Whether good, bad, or mild, nothing was thrown out.

Elliot Panek
January 1, 2011
Elliot Panek, Common Sense Media

Kids may not get all of Brooks' Old West parody. Full Review

April 2, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A lewd spoof of westerns and racial prejudice; enough laughs to cover the fact that it is, essentially, a stupid movie. Full Review

Jonathan Crocker
April 2, 2008
Jonathan Crocker, Film4

It's tough to beat as an outrageously phlegmy deposit in Hollywood's spittoon. Full Review

June 24, 2006
Time Out

The screenplay is credited to five writers, and it shows in the confused melange of styles. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
May 26, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

I laughed and laughed while viewing this again. Maybe part of it was nostalgia, but part of it came from a refreshing feeling of being shocked once more. Full Review

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    • Hedley Lamarr: Qualifications?
    • Bart: Stampeding cattle.
    • Buddy Bizarre: That's not much of a crime.
    • Bart: Through the Vatican?
    • Hedley Lamarr: Kinky! sign here
    • Lili Von Shtupp: Hello handsome, is that a ten gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show.
    • Jim the Waco Kid: That little Bastard shot me right in the ass!
    • Jim the Waco Kid: Don't know how you did it.
    • Bart: He was nothing, the bitch was inventing the Candy Gram and they probably won't even give me credit for it.
    • Hedley Lamarr: It's Hedley.
    • Taggart: We'll head them off at the pass!
    • Hedley Lamarr: Head them off at the pass? I hate that cliché! [shoots target in the foot]
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