Blazing saddles, Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Mel Brooks film ; screenplay by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger ; story by Andrew Bergman ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks
Type
Label
Blazing saddles, Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Mel Brooks film ; screenplay by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger ; story by Andrew Bergman ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R
Main title
Blazing saddles
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
55034008
Responsibility statement
Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Mel Brooks film ; screenplay by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger ; story by Andrew Bergman ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks
Runtime
93
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
Table Of 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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Mel Brooks' Blazing saddles
Contributor
- Brooks, Mel, 1926-
- Hillerman, John
- Pryor, Richard
- Karras, Alex
- Biroc, Joseph, 1903-1996
- Hertzberg, Michael
- Uger, Alan
- Little, Cleavon
- Pickens, Slim
- Dunn, Liam, 1916-1976
- Kahn, Madeline
- Korman, Harvey, 1927-2008
- Wilder, Gene, 1935-
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Furth, George, 1932-2008
- Huddleston, David, 1930-
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
- Starrett, Jack, 1936-1989
- Steinberg, Norman
- Morris, John, 1926-
- Bergman, Andrew
- Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007
Genre
Subject
- Western films
- Comedy -- Feature
- Parody films
- African American police -- West (U.S.) -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Sheriffs -- West (U.S.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Railroad companies -- Drama
- Feature films
- Western -- Feature
- Fiction films
- West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations -- Drama
- Parody -- Feature
Is Based On
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor22
- Brooks, Mel, 1926-
- Hillerman, John
- Pryor, Richard
- Karras, Alex
- Biroc, Joseph, 1903-1996
- Hertzberg, Michael
- Uger, Alan
- Little, Cleavon
- Pickens, Slim
- Dunn, Liam, 1916-1976
- Kahn, Madeline
- Korman, Harvey, 1927-2008
- Wilder, Gene, 1935-
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Furth, George, 1932-2008
- Huddleston, David, 1930-
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
- Starrett, Jack, 1936-1989
- Steinberg, Norman
- Morris, John, 1926-
- Bergman, Andrew
- Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007
- Genre9
- Subject13
- Western films
- Comedy -- Feature
- Parody films
- African American police -- West (U.S.) -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Sheriffs -- West (U.S.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Railroad companies -- Drama
- Feature films
- Western -- Feature
- Fiction films
- West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations -- Drama
- Parody -- Feature
- Is Based On1
- Mapped to1