Blazing Saddles (Blu-ray, 2013)

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Cleavon Little plays an escaped black convict who ends up being given the poison chalice job of the new Rockridge Sheriff by scheming railroad developer and politician Hedley LaMarr (Harvey Korman). Notionally sent in to protect the ungrateful Rockridge community from marauding gangs, his only ally turns out to be alcoholic former gunslinger The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder). Though initially expressing racial prejudice the townsfolk eventually adopt the Sheriff to help them outwit Hedley LaMarr, deciding to construct an exact replica of their town to fool the invading posse. The film descends into postmodern chaos as the action spills out of the film set into wider Hollywood.

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A hilarious, madcap spoof of nearly every Hollywood Western convention, BLAZING SADDLES turns racism on its head at every turn. When the sheriff of a small frontier town is killed, convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is appointed the first black sheriff of the all-white Rock Ridge by the evil Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) in a bid to chase the townspeople from their homes. The naive Sheriff Bart soon realizes 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 sensitive town drunk (Gene Wilder), formerly the Waco Kid, Bart embarks on a plan to help 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 hysterical. Director Mel Brooks makes two memorable appearances as both the sleazy governor and a Yiddish-speaking Sioux Indian chief, while Madeline Kahn does a side-splitting Marlene Dietrich imitation as the town floozy/entertainer. Featuring fabulous comic turns by Alex Karras, Slim Pickens, and the aforementioned Little, Brooks, Korman, and Wilder, BLAZING SADDLES is one of the raunchiest, funniest, and most beloved spoofs ever made.

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EAN5051892129961
eBay Product ID (ePID)168175020

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ActorAlex Karras, Mel Brooks, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Claude Ennis Starrett
Film/TV TitleBlazing Saddles
DirectorMel Brooks
Release Year2013
FormatBlu-ray
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesUltra-Violet Digital Copy (Expires 15/04/2015)
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time89 Mins

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Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
ReviewsFilm4 - It's tough to beat as an outrageously phlegmy deposit in Hollywood's spittoon., 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., 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.'
ScreenwriterMel Brooks, Richard Pryor
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleBlazing Saddles
Consumer AdviceContains mouthed strong language, moderate sex references and racist terms

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  • Brilliantly funny film. A classic

    I've always loved this film its one of my all time favourites in the comedy genre

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  • Great laugh but far from p/c.

    Great laugh far from p/c wouldn’t get made today.

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