| | |  | Biographies & Memoirs | Home » » » Blazing Saddles [Blu-ray] | | | | | | | Description: | | The railroad's got to run through the town of Rock Ridge. How do you drive out the townfolk in order to steal their land? Send in the toughest gang you've got...and name a new sheriff who'll last about 24 hours. But that's not really the plot of Blazing Saddles, just the pretext. Once Mel Brooks' lunatic film - many call it his best - gets started, logic is lost in a blizzard of gags, jokes, quips, puns, howlers, growlers and outrageous assaults upon good taste or any taste at all. Cleavon Little as the new lawman, Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid, Brooks himself as a dim-witted politico and Madeline Kahn in her Marlene Dietrich send-up that earned an Academy Award nomination all give this sagebrush saga their lunatic best. And when Blazing Saddles can't contain itself at the finale, it just proves the Old West will never be the same! | | | Features: | |
• The railroad's got to run through the town of Rock Ridge. How do you drive out the townfolk in order to steal their land? Send in the toughest gang you've got.and name a new sheriff who'll last about 24 hours.But that's not really the plot of Blazing Saddles, just the pretext. Once Mel Brooks' lunatic film many call his best gets started, logic is lost in a blizzard of gags, jokes, quips, puns, h
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn | | Director:
| Mel Brooks | | Format:
| AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, French, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Warner Home Video | | Run Time:
| 93 minutes | | Blu-ray Release Date:
| September 05, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 371 reviews |
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 Still the King of FarceMar 17, 2010
Mel Brooks is still the undisputed King of Farce. This movie is still the leading exponent of truly outrageous farce. With his fabulous cast (Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cleavon Little, Brooks hit upon every prejudice, foible and behavior of the '70s, and made mincemeat of them. Nothing subtle about it, but that's the point of farce. A classic to own.
 A More Crude Version of Men In TightsMar 07, 2010
I've seen a few Mel Brooks movies, so I'm a bit familiar with his style. It's always silly, but in a way that works. Blazing Saddles is no exception. It's about as funny as Robin Hood Men in Tights, which is a good thing, but it's really nasty in a lot of places, especially with regards to racism. Still, Blazing Saddles probably does paint an accurate picture of how harsh racism was back in the late 1800's, even though I'm sure that's not what Mel Brooks was aiming for when he donned the jacket with "GOV" written on the back and crossed his eyes as he prepared for his small role here.
ClassyFeb 27, 2010
What a crazy movie, seen it so many times but I still bought the DVD. But now that I have it I havent even taken it out of the dvd. how ironic.
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 Tasteless and lame comedy à la Family GuyFeb 20, 2010
Racism, sexism. Every ism thrown together so as to almost induce vomiting. I heard before watching that this movie was "politically incorrect". That is not the half of it! This is clearly only meant for the enjoyment of white men who have no sense of social equality or for the brainless of any race or sex, i.e. the kind of people who enjoy watching Family Guy.
If you want a silly but clever Western spoof, watch the Paleface
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never got itFeb 10, 2010
i ordered one for my son in tenn and one for myself here in lv. i never received mine . also i have yet to receive a response from the company i ordered from. beware.
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