Blazing saddles
(DVD) 

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Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1995.9.C55 B53 2004On Shelf

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
085391895923, 012569100121

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
General Note
Widescreen.
General Note
Language options from DVD menu; all language options may not appear on container.
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.).
Restrictions on Access
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Creation/Production 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.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details
DVD, region 1, dual layer, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono.
Language
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Awards
Writers Guild of America, 1975: Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (Brooks, Steinberg, Bergman, Pryor, Uger)
Local note
SACFinal081324

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Brooks, M., Hertzberg, M., Steinberg, N., Bergman, A., Pryor, R., Uger, A., Little, C., Wilder, G., Pickens, S., Huddleston, D., Dunn, L., Karras, A., Hillerman, J., Furth, G., Starrett, J., Korman, H., Kahn, M., Arthur, C., McGregor, C., Hilton, R., Collier, R., Megowan, D., Lukas, K., DeLuise, D., Biroc, J., Morris, J., Howard, J. C., Greene, D. B., & Laine, F. (2004). Blazing saddles (30th anniversary special edition.). Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mel Brooks et al.. 2004. Blazing Saddles. Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mel Brooks et al.. Blazing Saddles Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Brooks, Mel, et al. Blazing Saddles 30th anniversary special edition., Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2004.

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