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Bart rejects the advances of a man-killing woman who has been sicced on him ( Madeline Kahn as Marlene Dietrich -- Lili von Shtupp), and the people build a dummy town and lure the bad guys into it. One of the hallmarks of Brooks' movie humor has been his willingness to embrace excess.
Daring, provocative, and laugh-out-loud funny, Blazing Saddles is a gleefully vulgar spoof of Westerns that marks a high point in Mel Brooks' storied career. Read Critics Reviews
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- Mel Brooks
- R
- Cleavon Little
Aug 30, 2016 · Mel Brooks has come up with his most outrageous comedy to date in the brilliantly funny Blazing Saddles, a Mel Brooks Film for Warner Bros. release, produced by Michael Hertzberg.
- Ron Pennington
Mel Brooks' BLAZING SADDLES lampoons the Westerns of the 40's and 50's, mocking the conventions of the genre as well as its racist undertones. Greedy magnate Headley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) is planning to steal a plot of land away from the kindly townsfolk of Rockridge.
- Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn
- Mel Brooks
- Warner Bros.
Feb 7, 1974 · Blazing Saddles: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman. In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
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- Comedy, Western
- Mel Brooks
- 1974-02-07
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
Feb 29, 2024 · Fifty years ago, Mel Brooks released Blazing Saddles to gales of laughter and a mighty roar of flatulence jokes. Also to mixed reviews from harrumphing critics.
