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Welcome to the Western only Mel Brooks could create. Voted #6 on AFI’s 100 Years...100 Laughs, this comedy classic stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder as a sheriff and a sharpshooter defending small town from villains Slim Pickens and Harvey Korman. Featuring a brilliant cast that includes Brooks and an Oscar®-nominated* Madeline Kahn and loaded with one-liners, gags and cameos, this breakthrough parody still breaks the rules, breaks stereotypes and breaks wind all in one sitting. See it again and be offended like it’s the first time! SPECIAL FEATURES Inappropriate Inspiration: The Blazing Saddles Effect Scene-Specific Commentary by Mel Brooks Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks’ Wild, Wild West Back in the Saddle Additional Scenes
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
93 min
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.