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Blazing Saddles

  • 19741974
  • RR
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
Theatrical Trailer from Warner Bros. Pictures
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ComedyWestern
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
142K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,261
148
    • Mel Brooks
  • Writers
    • Mel Brooks(screenplay)
    • Norman Steinberg(screenplay)
    • Andrew Bergman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Cleavon Little
    • Gene Wilder
    • Slim Pickens
    • Mel Brooks
  • Writers
    • Mel Brooks(screenplay)
    • Norman Steinberg(screenplay)
    • Andrew Bergman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Cleavon Little
    • Gene Wilder
    • Slim Pickens
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 481User reviews
    • 111Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

    Videos3

    Blazing Saddles
    Trailer 2:15
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    'Blazing Saddles' | Anniversary Mashup
    Clip 1:40
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    Morons of the West
    Video 0:28
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    Photos156

    Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, and Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Slim Pickens and Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Robyn Hilton in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)
    Mel Brooks and Robyn Hilton in Blazing Saddles (1974)

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    Cleavon Little
    Cleavon Little
    • Bart
    Gene Wilder
    Gene Wilder
    • Jim
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Taggart
    Harvey Korman
    Harvey Korman
    • Hedley Lamarr
    Madeline Kahn
    Madeline Kahn
    • Lili Von Shtüpp
    Mel Brooks
    Mel Brooks
    • Governor Lepetomane…
    Burton Gilliam
    Burton Gilliam
    • Lyle
    Alex Karras
    Alex Karras
    • Mongo
    David Huddleston
    David Huddleston
    • Olson Johnson
    Liam Dunn
    Liam Dunn
    • Rev. Johnson
    John Hillerman
    John Hillerman
    • Howard Johnson
    George Furth
    George Furth
    • Van Johnson
    Jack Starrett
    Jack Starrett
    • Gabby Johnson
    • (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
    Carol Arthur
    Carol Arthur
    • Harriett Johnson
    Richard Collier
    Richard Collier
    • Dr. Sam Johnson
    Charles McGregor
    • Charlie
    Robyn Hilton
    Robyn Hilton
    • Miss Stein
    Don Megowan
    Don Megowan
    • Gum Chewer
      • Mel Brooks
    • Writers
      • Mel Brooks(screenplay)
      • Norman Steinberg(screenplay)
      • Andrew Bergman(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      (at around 45 mins) Cleavon Little was not warned about the "you know. . . . morons" line. His reaction was real.
    • Goofs
      (at around 56 mins) During Lili Von Shtupp's musical performance, the soldier that provides a chair for her to rest in, throws his rifle down on the ground when explaining how "tired" she is. The rifle hits the stage floor and slides, bursting the stage light in front of him. The sound of the light exploding can be heard through the singing and music.
    • Quotes

      [Bart returns unexpectedly after being sentenced to death]

      Charlie: They said you was hung.

      Bart: And they was right.

    • Crazy credits
      The Warner Bros. logo appears on a black screen and burns away (in a homage to the Western show Bonanza (1959)), leading into the opening credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The standard cable and commercial broadcast versions omit racial slurs and some bad language. Extent of the editing is contingent on whether the TV-PG, or TV-14 version is being shown.
    • Connections
      Edited into 5 Second Movies: Blazing Saddles (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Blazing Saddles
      Music by John Morris

      Lyrics by Mel Brooks

      Sung by Frankie Laine

    User reviews481

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    Review
    Featured review
    8/10
    "That's Hedly, not Hedy..."
    Mel Brooks found a way in 1974 to direct two of the greatest comedies of all time. And in that one year, he found a way to cram as many movie parodies, and not have any overlap, as any director can in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. What Young Frankenstein was to the 1930s horror movies Blazing Saddles was to the Westerns of the 1960s. And add in there the oppression of blacks during the same time, and you have a biting satire on the role of blacks in society, if not in 1974, at least the way it was in 1874. Cleavon Little (by the way, he's black) plays Bart, a slave laborer for Hedley Lamarr's (Harvey Korman in a GREAT performance as a scheming government employee) railroad who needs to cut through the town of Rock Ridge for completion. The townspeople won't sell their land, so Lamarr has the sheriff killed and replaced with Bart. He's not really welcomed into the town, but with help from Jim, the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) he is able to earn's the town's trust. Standard plot, and a plot that does not really matter. The humor is so scatological, from so many periods of time, that we know it's a movie, and the characters in the movie know they are in a movie. Take Slim Pickens when he cries out "What in the wide world of sports is going on here?" And the final 10 minutes of the movie is just odd in any other movie, but somehow works in Blazing Saddles. So much humor is cut out of the TV versions, so don't waste your time with it. It has to be seen with the language and "sexually suggestive" scenes to be fully appreciated.
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    FAQ2

    • Why did Sheriff Bart tell Lili Von Shtupp he was not from Havana? What does that mean?

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    • Release date
      • February 7, 1974 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Yiddish
      • German
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Crossbow Productions
      • Warner Bros.
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Mono

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