Blazing Saddles was first released in 1974 and directed by Mel Brooks. I saw this film a good few years ago and loved it the moment I saw it. It isn't a typical cowboy movie like you first expect when it begins and truly is a pleasure to watch. For this reason, this DVD was another one that ... Read review
Mel Brooks scored his first commercial hit with this raucous Western spoof starring the ... more
late Cleavon Little as the newly hired (and conspicuously black) sheriff of Rock Ridge. Sheriff Bart teams up with deputy Jim (Gene Wilder) to foil the railroad-bui...
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The railroad's bound to run right through the sleepy town of Rock Ridge. Land there will ... more
be worth a fortune - but the townsfolk already own their own land. How do you drive them out? Send in the roughest, toughest, meanest, leanest gang you've got...an...
The railroad's got to run through the town of Rock Ridge. How do you drive out the ... more
townfolk in order to steal their land? Send in the toughest gang you've got...and name a new sheriff who'll last about 24 hours. But that's not really the plot of Blazing Saddles, just the pretext. Once Mel Brooks' lunatic film many call his best gets started, logic is lost in a blizzard of gags, jokes, quips, puns, howlers, growlers and outrageous assaults upon good taste or any taste at all. Cleavon Little as the new lawman, Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid, Brooks himself as a dim-witted politico and Madeline Kahn in her Marlene Dietrich send-up that earned an Academy Award nomination all give this sagebrush saga their lunatic best. And when Blazing Saddles can't contain itself at the finale, it just proves the Old West will never be the same!
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While Blazing Saddles is deliriously funny, most people call it deliriously funnier, ... more
thanks to this special, extras-packed 30th-Anniversary Edition.Filmmaker, star and paddle-ball wiz Mel Brooks goes way out West and way out of his mind with a spiffy spoof set in an 1874 Old West where 1974 Hollywood is just one soundstage away - and where nonstop fun blasts prejudices to the high comedy heavens. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn and more join for horseplay and horselaughs.
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Gareth Carrivick - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kathryn Drysdale, Sheridan Smith, Natalie Casey, Will Mellor, Ralf Little
Advantages: Great fun to watch Disadvantages: A bit too obscure at times
Blazing Saddles was first released in 1974 and directed by Mel Brooks. I saw this film a good few years ago and loved it the moment I saw it. It isn't a typical cowboy movie like you first expect when it begins and truly is a pleasure to watch. For this reason, this DVD was another one that I asked for at Christmas time and another that I am thankful to have received.
Blazing Saddles tells the seemingly simple story of how a railroad ... ...and tough gang all gun's blazing but first you appoint the town with a new sheriff - one that you figure will last 24 hours at the most and that's when Rock Ridge becomes the first town to receive a black sheriff.
Despite the somewhat simple nature of the plot, as with all Mel Brook's films nothing it quite what it seems and this plot ultimately becomes just the pretext for a series of lunatic events that through logic right out of ... more
Blazing Saddles was first released in 1974 and directed by Mel Brooks. I saw this film a good few years ago and loved it the moment I saw it. It isn't a typical cowboy movie like you first expect when it begins and truly is a pleasure to watch. For this reason, this DVD was another one that I asked for at Christmas time and another that I am thankful to have received.
Blazing Saddles tells the seemingly simple story of how a railroad is bound to run right through the town of Rock Ridge and that once it does land there will be worth an absolute fortune. There is only one problem, the townsfolk already own their land and so they only thing you can do is drive them out. But how on earth do you do that? Well it's common sense really… you send in a rough and tough gang all gun's blazing but first you appoint the town with a new sheriff - one that you figure will last 24 hours at the most and that's when Rock Ridge becomes the first town to receive a black sheriff.
Despite the somewhat simple nature of the plot, as with all Mel Brook's films nothing it quite what it seems and this plot ultimately becomes just the pretext for a series of lunatic events that through logic right out of the window and send the horses galloping past.
In many ways this film mixes a lot of genres together, as ideas of western films, comedies and musicals are all blended to make one blizzard of hilarious gags. The western setting of the film allows all the connotations of life in the Wild West to be explored and exploited and the comedy and the musical elements are then brought in to complete this exploitation in the funniest and most enjoyable way as possible. Don't fear though the musical element does not take over the film but simply adds a different feel and theme to certain parts of it, so as to maximise audience enjoyment. The title song 'Blazing Saddles' is actually quite memorable and has both a Wild West and musical feel to it.
The acting throughout is competent and adequate, which to be perfectly honest is all that should be asked from acting in such a film. The performances aren't the best you will ever see anyway but neither are they the worst, they simply do the job that they were tasked to do. Cleavon Little as the new lawman probably puts in the most notable performance and there is clearly a spark between him and Gene Wilder who plays his prisoner turned sidekick the Waco Kid. This spark is nice to see in such a film and certainly makes it well worth watching.
The film is itself 89 minutes long and can be viewed in three languages, English, French and Italian, with subtitles in those three plus 4 more. The DVD also contains production notes and an exclusive 55-minute interview with Mel Brooks.
Blazing Saddles can be picked up from most DVD stores and online for a reasonable price - around the £4 to £5 mark and is well worth every penny.
Advantages: Very silly, funny film with non stop gags galore Disadvantages: Naff DVD extras, sophomoric humour
...really thick Johnsons.
Yes, Blazing Saddles is crude. It’s sophomoric. It’s juvenile. It’s also very, very, funny.
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The Plot
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To be fair, you don’t really watch a Mel Brooks movie for its plot (except for, perhaps, The Producers, but that’s another op). However, there is indeed a plot of sorts.
The movie is nominally a western (and apparently ... ...Brooks films
ª Before Blazing Saddles, he was mostly a stage actor – about the only thing I recognise that he did after Blazing Saddles was the TV series Baghdad Café. He died in 1992.
¤ C’mon – you know who HE is – other films include The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Stir Crazy, The Woman In Red (where he met Gilda Radner, whom he later married, and outlived). He did quite a few films with Richard Pryor. Richard Pryor ...
mattygroves 29.01.2003
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Advantages: Non-stop gags Disadvantages: None spring to mind
Blazing Saddles is one of those DVDs that I’ve always meant to get, to replace an ageing tape. However, no way was I prepared to pay a fancy £15+ price for it. Then, whilst browsing www.play247.com a few days ago, I noticed that Warner Bros. had reduced the price of several movies to £7.99, Blazing Saddles being one of them. Bearing in mind that Play247 purchases are post-free, and when delivered, it bore a £12.99 label, this was all the more ... ...to see the premiere of Blazing Saddles where he learns how the film ends. He and the Waco Kid ride off into the sunset, only to dismount and get into a stretched limo
Yes, I do believe this is Mel Brooks’ best film.
Now for the DVD bits.
It’s a 1:2.35 projection, which is even wider screen than a 16:9 TV, meaning that black stripes across the top and bottom are to be expected, although not half as bad as they would be on a 4:3 conventional ...
BNibbles 30.09.2001 (01.10.2001)
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Advantages: Very, very laugh out loud funny. Rude bits. Disadvantages: Rude bits. Don't watch if you've a sensitive disposition.
...back on myself and give Blazing Saddles a five star rating. Nope, I'm not being gutless, but I've already vented my spleen this month (sorry Plymouth) so I suggest you all do the same. On Plymouth. Back to Blazing Saddles. Concentrate. BS (as I'm going to call it from now on) is a Mel Brooks creation, filmed in 1974. It's a spoof western, think of the bastard lovechild of High Plains Drifter, Monty Python and a Looney Toon. It's basic storyline is ... ...Rock Ridge. Unfortunately the inhabitants own their own land. The construction company wants the now vastly expensive land. How do they move the townfolk? They send in a bunch of no-good, cattle-raping, wife-stealing varmints and appoint a new Sheriff who has less chance than a frog in a blender. Back to the building of the railroad, and they take a black worker and give him the ol' five pointed star. Cue a series of antics involving comedy explosions, ...
Case 22.05.2003
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Advantages: great script, great gags, acting, good pacing. Brookes at his best Disadvantages: indifferent ending, surrealist humour wears thin
Blazing Saddles just about offends everyone whether it be race, people with physical/verbal/mental disability; women, animal lovers and probably one or two others besides. However, the great thing about Mel Brookes' comedies is that any offensive suggestion is subtly implied and directed most pointedly back at the offender rather than the victim in question.
But I greatly suspect that if Mel tried to make this movie in today's politically correct ... ...movie.
As it is Blazing Saddles (1974) is a classic comedy, not just for Brookes but for comedy in general. Not only is it very witty with the rapid-fire one-liners, but there's also huge amounts of visual slap-stick, toilet humour (including the infamous baked-beans scene) and relatively subtle sexual innuendo that has a certain innocent but amusing charm about it. These days of course script writers would just use explicit language or even a sex ...
dreamstar70 22.01.2001 (25.01.2001)
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Advantages: It's A Laugh A Minute! Disadvantages: Slightly Weak Finish
...most well known films are Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs & Robin Hood : Men In Tights. So, I decided to write a review on Blazing Saddles as I consider it to be his earliest piece of creative genius.
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Blazing Saddles is all about a time when the West was wild and political correctness is a century away. The subject of this parody is the old wild west and westerns. The film is set in the late 1800's in America and begins by showing ... ...go to a cinema where Blazing Saddles is being screened!!!! This is my only criticism of the film & I think spoils it slightly, as it's so near the end though it doesn't matter so much. I think it's good that throughout the film there is not really any jokes aimed at the film itself. All the acting is done well in each character and provides a good atmosphere in the film. All in all I'm thoroughly pleased I bought this classic comedy and wouldn't ...
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Advantages: so funny you will cry (i did) Disadvantages: Are the extras worth the extra money
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The whole film is a rollercoster ride of parody's, sight gags, one liners and slap stick that will have you laughing again and again. All the lyrics of the songs were written by Mel Brooks and are every bit as funny as the jokes.
In addition to the DVD extras, The 55 minute audio comentary by mel brooks and the theatrical trailer. The special addition box set contains 8 limited addition lobby card prints. A limited addition image from the movie and 35mm film frame. A 27" X 40" movie poster and 6 limited addition photos.
The box set is pricey at £40, but true fans of the film will pay it. For those of you who just want to laugh for 90 minutes i would go for the cheaper option of the DVD and leave the box set. Whatever you go for BlazingSaddles is a must have for anyones DVD collection. So dont just ...
all over it, from the excess amount of gags through to the subtle personal innuendo, such as naming the villian Hedley Lamarr which was a dig at Heddy Lamarr who sued him. What Brooks does to magnificent proportions is to keep the film moving at such a pace that you don't have time to dry the tears from your eyes before he hits you with another gag, and unlike some films where the gags can become predictable, in "BlazingSaddles" the gags are different and funny in each scene. Even the fact that the film ends in quite a silly and unsuspected way does not deter from the quality of the film but in a way just emphasises what the film was all about, spoofing other film genres.
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Advantages: You wont stop smiling for weeks.... Disadvantages: Needs bloopers
I've seen this film so many times its unbelieveable and i still love it just as much as the first time i ever saw it!
The DVD comprises of 2 documentaries one of which is about Madeline Kahn the female lead character in the film.
A pilot episode of what was going to be the Tv series called 'Black Bart',
It also features a trailer for the film and a commentary by Mel Brooks,
plus some additional scenes, mainly stuff that was taken out of the film that was deemed useful only as floor covering and in some cases rightly so, unfortunately.
I'ts got Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder,and loads more brilliant actors in it and a fabulous song sung by Madeline Kahn.
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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, though things don't go exactly as planned. Directed by Mel Brooks and based on an hilarious script –written, by among others, Richard Pryor—BLAZING SADDLES is an extremely funny spoof, with almost every gag hitting its target.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
01/01/1999
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
D 001001
Barcode
7321900010016
Production Designer
Peter Wooley
Screenwriter
Alan Unger, Richard Pryor, Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg
Audio Commentary, Interactive Menus, Production Notes, Scene Access
Aspect Ratio
2.35 Wide Screen
Sound
Mono
Dubbing Sound
Mono English French Italian
DVD Description
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, working from an hilarious script-- written, by among others, Richard Pryor—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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