Blazing Saddles (1999 DVD in Ivy Hill Snapper Case of Mel Brooks Comedy Western)

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.

Credits
Leading Role 1 Cleavon Little
Leading Role 2 Gene Wilder
Leading Role 3 Slim Pickens
Additional Roles by Mel Brooks, David Huddleston, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras
Director 1 Mel Brooks
Producer Michael Hertzberg
Screenwriter Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Andrew Bergman, Alan Unger, Norman Steinberg
Score Composer John Morris
Editor John C. Howard, Danford B. Greene

Features
Region 2
Release Format DVD
Rating 15
Release Year 1999
Genre Comedy
Additional Genre General
Language English
Subtitle Languages Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Running Time 89 minutes
EAN 7321900010016