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Blazing Saddles
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7.2A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Cast
- Cleavon Little as Bart
- Gene Wilder as Jim
- Slim Pickens as Taggart
- Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr
- Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp
- Mel Brooks as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Themes
- governor
- saloon
- gun
- parody
- marching band
- breaking the fourth wall
- spoof
- racism
- railroad
- interrupted hanging
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
162,670 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mel Brooks
- Screenplay by
- Mel Brooks Norman Steinberg Andrew Bergman Richard Pryor Alan Uger
- Story by
- Andrew Bergman
- Produced by
- Michael Hertzberg
- Starring
- Cleavon Little Gene Wilder Slim Pickens David Huddleston Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. Mel Brooks Harvey Korman Madeline Kahn
- Cinematography
- Joseph Biroc
- Edited by
- Danford Greene John C. Howard
- Music by
- John Morris
- Production company
- Crossbow Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- February 7, 1974 ( 1974-02-07 )
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2.6 million
- Box office
- $119.6 million
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Official website
WarnerBros.com | Blazing Saddles | Movies
Ribald, tasteless and hilarious ... this classic spoof of the Western genre by director Mel Brooks pokes fun at everyone and everything.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- postmodernist film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Composer
- John Morris
- Cinematographer
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 730699
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/blazing-saddles
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- distributed by
- Netflix
- publication date
- 1974-12-20
- title
- Blazing Saddles
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 73/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. Brooks appears in two supporting roles: Governor William J. Le Petomane, and a Yiddish-speaking Native American chief; he also dubs lines for one of Lili Von Shtupp's backing troupe and a cranky moviegoer. The supporting cast includes Slim Pickens, Alex Karras and David Huddleston, as well as Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman. Bandleader Count Basie has a cameo as himself, appearing with his orchestra.
The film is full of deliberate anachronisms, from the Count Basie Orchestra playing "April in Paris" in the Wild West, to Pickens' character mentioning the Wide World of Sports.
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