| Edition |
Thirtieth anniversary special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (93 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital mono (Español); widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.40:1. |
| Cast |
Cleavon Little (Bart), Gene Wilder (Jim), Slim Pickens (Taggart), David Huddleston (Olson Johnson), Liam Dunn (Rev. Johnson), Alex Karras (Mongo), John Hillerman (Howard Johnson), George Furth (Van Johnson), Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. (Gabby Johnson), Mel Brooks (Governor Lepetomane), Harvey Korman (Hedley Lamarr), Madeline Kahn (Lili Von Shtupp). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Joseph Biroc ; film editors, John C. Howard, Danford Greene ; choreography by Alan Johnson ; music composed and conducted by John Morris ; original songs "I'm Tired", "The French Mistake" and "The Ballad of Rock Ridge" music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, "Blazing Saddles" music by John Morris, lyrics by Mel Brooks, sung by Frankie Laine. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R. |
| Summary |
Never give a saga an even break! Blazing Saddles is an iconoclastic, not-politically-correct parody; one of the 1970s most successful and popular films. Every clichéd element from every Western ever made is turned upside down and inside out, while retaining all the familiar caricatures--eh, characters--of the genre: a dance-hall girl, a gunslinger, a sheriff, and a town full of pure folk. Mel Brooks redefined film comedy, and proved that even sophomoric, scatological humor could be used to ridicule prejudice, injustice, and apathy. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary by Mel Brooks; Back in the saddle (29 min.); Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn (4 min.); TV pilot Black Bart (25 min.); Additional scenes (10 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.). |
| Contents |
Credits -- Workin' on the rail road -- Quicksand -- Hedley Lamarr -- Church meeting -- Governor -- New sheriff -- Rock Ridge welcome -- Message to the Governor -- Waco Kid -- Beanfest -- Mongo goes boom! -- Where's Froggy? -- Lili Von Shtupp -- I'm tired -- Wet sauerkraut in her hands -- Snoopin' around -- Equal opportunity employer -- "Where are all the white women at?" -- Fake Rock Ridge -- Do the voodoo you do -- Exact change -- Showtime? -- "I work for Mel Brooks!" -- Happy ending -- End Credits. |
| Language |
In English, Français, or Español with optional subtitles in English, Français, or Español; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations -- Drama.
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African American police -- West (U.S.) -- Drama.
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Railroad companies -- Drama.
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Sheriffs -- West (U.S.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Western films.
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Parody films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Brooks, Mel, 1926-
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Steinberg, Norman.
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Bergman, Andrew.
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Uger, Alan.
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Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005.
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Hertzberg, Michael.
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Little, Cleavon.
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Wilder, Gene, 1935-
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Pickens, Slim.
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Huddleston, David, 1930-2016
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Karras, Alex.
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Hillerman, John.
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Furth, George, 1932-2008.
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Starrett, Jack, 1936-1989.
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Korman, Harvey, 1927-2008.
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Kahn, Madeline.
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Morris, John, 1926-2018
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Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0790757354 |
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9780790757353 |
| Standard No. |
085391895923 |
| Music No. |
18959 Warner Home Video |
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