| Other author/creator | Brooks, Mel, 1926- screenwriter, director, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Steinberg, Norman screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Bergman, Andrew screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Uger, Alan screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Hertzberg, Michael producer. |
| Other author/creator | Little, Cleavon actor. |
| Other author/creator | Wilder, Gene, 1933-2016, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Pickens, Slim actor. |
| Other author/creator | Huddleston, David, 1930-2016 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Dunn, Liam, 1916-1976 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Karras, Alex actor. |
| Other author/creator | Hillerman, John actor. |
| Other author/creator | Furth, George, 1932-2008 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Starrett, Jack, 1936-1989, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Korman, Harvey, 1927-2008 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Kahn, Madeline actor. |
| Other author/creator | Arthur, Carol, 1935-2020 actor. |
| Other author/creator | McGregor, Charles, 1922-1996 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Hilton, Robyn, 1940- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Collier, Richard, 1919-2000 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Megowan, Don actor. |
| Other author/creator | Lukas, Karl, 1919-1995 actor. |
| Other author/creator | DeLuise, Dom actor. |
| Other author/creator | Biroc, Joseph, 1903-1996 cinematographer. |
| Other author/creator | Morris, John, 1926-2018 composer, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Howard, John C., 1930-1983. |
| Other author/creator | Greene, Danford B. |
| Other author/creator | Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007. |
| Other author/creator | Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) |
| Other author/creator | Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| Uniform title | Blazing saddles (Motion picture) |
| Variant title |
Title on disc label and container: Mel Brooks' Blazing saddles |
| Contents |
Credits -- Workin' on the rail road -- Quicksand -- Hedley Lamarr -- Church meeting -- Governor -- New sheriff -- Rock Ridge welcome -- Message to the Governor -- Waco Kid -- Beanfest -- Mongo goes boom! -- Where's Froggy? -- Lili Von Shtupp -- I'm tired -- Wet sauerkraut in her hands -- Snoopin' around -- Equal opportunity employer -- "Where are all the white women at?" -- Fake Rock Ridge -- Do the voodoo you do -- Exact change -- Showtime? -- "I work for Mel Brooks!" -- Happy ending -- End Credits. |
| Abstract |
Never give a saga an even break! Blazing Saddles is an iconoclastic, not-politically-correct parody; one of the 1970s most successful and popular films. Every clichéd element from every Western ever made is turned upside down and inside out, while retaining all the familiar caricatures--eh, characters--of the genre: a dance-hall girl, a gunslinger, a sheriff, and a town full of pure folk. Mel Brooks redefined film comedy and proved that even sophomoric, scatological humor could be used to ridicule prejudice, injustice, and apathy. |
| Local note | Little--305131069205X |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. |
| General note | Special features: Commentary by Mel Brooks; Back in the saddle (29 min.); Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn (4 min.); TV pilot Black Bart (25 min.); Additional scenes (10 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.). |
| Credits | Director of photography, Joseph Biroc ; film editors, John C. Howard, Danford Greene ; choreography by Alan Johnson ; music composed and conducted by John Morris ; original songs "I'm Tired", "The French Mistake" and "The Ballad of Rock Ridge" music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, "Blazing Saddles" music by John Morris, lyrics by Mel Brooks, sung by Frankie Laine ; production designer, Peter Wooley ; choreography by Alan Johnson. |
| Cast |
Cleavon Little (Bart), Gene Wilder (Jim), Slim Pickens (Taggart), David Huddleston (Olson Johnson), Liam Dunn (Rev. Johnson), Alex Karras (Mongo), John Hillerman (Howard Johnson), George Furth (Van Johnson), Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. (Gabby Johnson), Mel Brooks (Governor Lepetomane), Harvey Korman (Hedley Lamarr), Madeline Kahn (Lili Von Shtupp), Carol Arthur, Charles McGregor, Robyn Hilton, Richard Collier, Don Megowan, Karl Lucas, Dom DeLuise. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R. |
| Technical details | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English), Dolby Digital mono (Spanish); widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.40:1; dual layer. |
| Language | Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French and Spanish and optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Fiction films. |
| Genre/form | Videodiscs. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Comedy films. |
| Genre/form | Western films. |
| Genre/form | Parody films. |
| Genre/form | Comedy films. |
| Genre/form | Western films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Fiction films. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Comedy Feature. |
| Genre/form | Western Feature. |
| Genre/form | Parody Feature. |
| Genre/form | Comedy films. |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Parody films. |
| Genre/form | Western films. |
| Publisher number | 18959 Warner Home Video |
| Stock number | Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com |
