Blazing Saddles

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One of the funniest films of all time, Blazing Saddles, is awarded an excellent 30th anniversary DVD release by Warner Bros., a company that has often shown great care to the important titles in its vault. The film itself is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, which makes it seem like one is hearing the infamous farting scene for the very first time. There is a healthy amount of quality ...
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Overview

One of the funniest films of all time, Blazing Saddles, is awarded an excellent 30th anniversary DVD release by Warner Bros., a company that has often shown great care to the important titles in its vault. The film itself is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, which makes it seem like one is hearing the infamous farting scene for the very first time. There is a healthy amount of quality extra materials, including a commentary by director Mel Brooks. Although it seems as if he was simply recorded while talking about the film (he never once refers to what is happening onscreen, and the commentary ends only an hour into the film), he recollections are amusing and enlightening. He discusses in detail how the various behind-the-scenes people as well as the cast came together. The other five-star nugget included on this disc is the pilot for the television spin-off Black Bart. Starring Louis Gossett Jr., the show is as amazingly unfunny as the movie is uproarious, but one may be struck by the crudity of the comedy that would have been telecast in the mid-'70s. A making-of documentary and a section from a special on the late great Madeline Kahn help make this DVD a must-own for comedy enthusiasts.
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Special Features

All-new 30th anniversary digital transfer; Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Scene specific commentary by Mel Brooks; Documentaries: "Back in the Saddle" and "Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn" (excerpt); Black Bart: 1975 pilot episode of the proposed TV series spin-off; Additional scenes; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Español; Subtitles: English, Français, & Español
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Editorial Reviews

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse
The face of movie comedy was changed forever by Mel Brooks’s raucous but affectionate spoof of old-fashioned Hollywood westerns, and for that reason alone Blazing Saddles belongs in every DVD home library. Writer-director Brooks not only lampooned the hoariest horse opera clichés in this 1974 romp, he also challenged the self-censorial political correctness then just beginning to creep into Hollywood films. The justifiably notorious campfire scene, which some critics decried as unnecessarily coarse and vulgar, heralded a veritable flood of movie gags involving bodily functions. By today’s standards, the flatulent frontiersmen seem pretty tame. But after 30 years, what still startles is the frequent and all-too-casual use of the n-word to describe Cleavon Little’s character, the former railroad worker appointed as sheriff of Rock Ridge, a town beset by rustlers and bad guys working for a corrupt government official Harvey Korman. Racial slurs aside, the laughs come fast and furious as the sheriff combats range ruffians with the aid of a drunken gunfighter Gene Wilder, stealing nearly every scene he’s in and a leggy femme fatale Madeline Kahn, in a hilarious takeoff on the saloon girl played by Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again. Blazing Saddles and its successor, the Brooks-directed Young Frankenstein, forever changed the way Hollywood looked at itself. These no-holds-barred comedies, with their sophomoric innuendoes and self-referential excesses, remain templates for filmmakers who specialize in parody. Blazing Saddles, the first and more daring of the two, still has the power to raise eyebrows and drop jaws, three decades after its big-screen debut. Based on what has followed in its wake, that’s pretty amazing.
All Movie Guide
Mel Brooks at his ribald, tasteless best, Blazing Saddles stands out as one of the all-time great film spoofs. Sparing no one from his outrageous brand of humor, Brooks proved he was an egalitarian when it came to making fun of people, regardless of skin color or religious persuasion: where blacks may come off as stereotypical, whites are seen as just plain stupid and ignorant. Beyond its over-the-top humor and genre revision of the Western, Blazing Saddles boasts some great performances, with Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, and Slim Pickens doing some of the best work of their careers. It also features a number of scenes that have elevated the film into the realm of the comedy classic, perhaps most infamously the one involving beans, a campfire, and the most gratuitous display of flatulence ever to cloud a movie screen.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/29/2004
  • UPC: 085391895923
  • Original Release: 1974

    • Rating:

  • Source: Warner Home Video
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen Special Edition
  • Sound: Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound
  • Language: Español, English
  • Time: 1:33:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 354

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Cleavon Little Bart
Gene Wilder Jim, the Waco Kid
Slim Pickens Taggart
Harvey Korman Hedley Lamarr
David Huddleston Olson Johnson
Mel Brooks Governor Lepetomane, Indian Chief
Alex Karras Mongo
Madeline Kahn Lili Von Shtupp
Carol Arthur Harriett Johnson
Richard Collier Dr. Sam Johnson
Dom DeLuise Buddy Bizarre
Liam Dunn Reverend Johnson
George Furth Van Johnson
Burton Gilliam Lyle
John Hillerman Howard Johnson
Robyn Hilton Miss Stein
Charles McGregor Charlie
Don Megowan Gum-chewer
Darrell Sandeen
Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. Gabby Johnson
Technical Credits
Mel Brooks Director, Songwriter, Screenwriter
Andrew Bergman Original Story, Screenwriter
Joseph Biroc Cinematographer
Gene S. Cantamessa Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Dawson Costumes/Costume Designer
Danford B. Greene Editor
Michael Hertzberg Producer
Morrie Hoffman Set Decoration/Design
Andrew Horvitch Editor
John C. Howard Editor
Alan Johnson Choreography
Terry Miles Makeup
John Morris Score Composer, Songwriter
Vittorio Nino Novarese Costumes/Costume Designer
C. Timothy O'Meara Editor
Richard Pryor Screenwriter
Norman Steinberg Screenwriter
Alan Uger Asst. Director, Screenwriter
Peter W. Wooley Producer, Production Designer
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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Credits [2:16]
2. Workin' on the Railroad [3:41]
3. Quicksand [2:50]
4. Hedley Lamaar [4:18]
5. Church Meeting [5:14]
6. The Governor [3:21]
7. New Sheriff [3:29]
8. Rock Ridge Welcome [5:06]
9. Message to the Governor [1:38]
10. The Waco Kid [8:51]
11. Beanfest [2:10]
12. Mongo Goes Boom [5:23]
13. Where's Froggy? [1:36]
14. Lili Von Shtupp [2:43]
15. I'm Tired [5:34]
16. Wet Sauerkraut in Her Hands [3:02]
17. Snoopin' Around [5:47]
18. Equal Opportunity Employer [4:41]
19. "Where are all the White Women At?" [1:35]
20. Fake Rock Ridge [3:53]
21. Do the Voodoo You do [2:06]
22. Exact Change [1:09]
23. Showtime? [2:47]
24. "I Work for Mel Brooks" [4:14]
25. Happy Ending [4:34]
26. End Credits [:37]
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Menu

Side #1 --
   Play Movie
   Scene Selections
   Special Features
      Commentary by Mell Brooks
      Back in the Saddle
      Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn
      TV Pilot, Black Bart
      Additional Scenes
      Theatrical Trailer
   Languages
      Spoken Languages: English
      Spoken Languages: Français
      Spoken Languages: Español
      Subtitles: English
      Subtitles: Français
      Subtitles: Español
      Subtitles: Off
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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 26, 2013

    It's hard to choose, but I'd probably favorite this over Young F

    It's hard to choose, but I'd probably favorite this over Young Frankenstein only because the comedy is more edgy.  But maybe not.  Ah, it's a tie.  A great classic comedy and must have for any comedy collection.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Still Hilarious

    Can there there be more than 5 stars? I remember seeing this when it first opened and you couldn't hear half of the dialogue because the audience was laughing so much. It is still funny and every time I watch it I crack up laughing and even catch something I hadn't see before. Madeline Kahn is priceless and brilliant ("It's twue, it's twue!") and the asides are wonderful. It falls apart toward the end and looks like Brooks couldn't get a hook on how to end it but who cares. I just hope he doesn't ruin this one too by turning it into a Broadway musical. Mel! Leave your movies as movies, please!

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    Mel Brooks Collection
    History of the World -- Part I

    HILARIOUS

    Mel Brooks does it again ! If you like comedy, i suggest this movie. Full of laughs. I am a fan of Mel Brooks, if you like comedy, this is an excellent choice !

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Hilarious

    very good

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Very Funny!

    I first saw Blazing Saddles on HBO when I was child in the 70's and while I found some scenes funny like the campire scene I didn't really enjoy the movie, I guess because I was too young to understand some of the adult humor but I recently bought the new Mel Brooks DVD collection boxset and I just watched Blazing Saddles again and this time I really liked it and thought it was hilarious. Yes, a lot of the humor is politically incorrect and some people may be offended by the racial and ethnic humor but I think it needs to be said that Mel Brooks wasn't making fun of races and Ethnic backgroups but he was actually making fun of the racist bigots and trying to say how absurd bigotry was and is but he used humor to make that statement. I very highly recommend this movie!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Absolutely hysterical!! It does go a bit far in it's ethnic-epithet humor, so if you're easily agitated, don't watch it. (And remember, as the gentleman above wrote, Mel Brooks co-authored this with Richard Pryor.) If you're looking for something to make you scream with laughter, this is it!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A Classic!

    This is Mel Brooks at his best! This movie is required viewing in our home & if you haven't seen it you've been deprived of the genius of Mel Brooks!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Mel Brooks' best

    This and Young Frankenstein are Mel's best. This is laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    10 Stars, If Possible

    Truly the funniest piece of movie satire ever filmed. I saw the original in the theater, and wondered how they got away with it. It takes every racial, ethnic, and movie stereotype and turns it one it's head. Remember that Mel and Richard Pryor wrote this together. Every scene is a loving work of art. They look like they enjoyed going to work on the film studio lot every day. See this if all you know of Harvey Korman is the Carol Burnett show, and also for cowboy movie star Slim Pickens. Remember this was released in the 1970's, after the freedom of the 60's and the Vietnam/Watergate legacy where Americans stopped trusting their government to tell them the truth. With today's audience testing, no one could ever make this kind of movie.Howard Stern gets FCC fines for stuff less provactive than this film. Own it, and just a few minutes will lift your spirits.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    politically incorrect

    hilarious and quite possibly one of the new'classics' looks like the stars had fun with this one

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    mel brooks is a genius!

    this is one of mel Brooks' and gene Wilder's best movies. It's strate out hilarious and is extremely entertaining.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    I laughed 'til I died

    This movie, in my opinion, is the funniest movie ever made. Mel Brooks is a genius. I liked it because it included all kinds of themes during that time period, and it parodized them well. Blazing Saddles is a bit vulgar and filled with racist content, but it isn't directed towards any one group. Its witty humor and hilarious themes are the best thing about this movie.

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