Blazing saddles (Captioned)

Cleavon Little is a black railroad worker in the 19th century mid-west who with the assistance of an alcoholic gunfighter tries to foil the plans of a crooked attorney and his henchmen. Well, that’s the supposed plot. In reality, “Blazing Saddles” is a continuously hilarious parody of Hollywood westerns (and Hollywood racism) featuring great comic performances by Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks and Slim Pickens. In films such as “Blazing Saddles”, Mel Brooks consolidated his position as one of the most unique and talented of comics in contemporary American cinema. The film is co-scripted by Richard Pryor.

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Credits

director

Mel Brooks

producer

Michael Hertzberg

production company

Warner Bros Pictures

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303820

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Westerns

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1974

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