Blazing Saddles

1974 "...or never give a saga an even break!"
7.7| 1h33m| R| en| More Info
Released: 07 February 1974 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blazing-saddles
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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.

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Micitype Pretty Good
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
joehomm This movie is pure comedy gold and with its racial tones is sure to be the one movie Hollywood could never ever remake due to our societies "racial sensitivity" era. Smart, racially sensitive people will laugh along at the caricatures and absurdity of the characters, their actions and their performance. Ignorant, borderline racists will see this movie as a way to justify their biases. Still, you could have switched out all of the races and sexes in this movie and it would have still be funnier than hell. Make Gene Wilder a Chinese railroad worker, Harvey Kirkman the German burlesque singer/dancer, Madeline Kahn the new sheriff of racial minority and Cleavon Little the drunken gunfighter and the comedy is still there and still racially charged, even for the 70's era. A must see tongue-in-cheek comedy classic. No for ignorant people who do not understand the context of the humor.
dissident320 Maybe I would be less bothered by the dated racial humour if the movie was actually funny. I think Mel Brooks had people say the N- word throughout to be shocking not thought provoking.Don't get me wrong, the leads of this movie are great. Cleavon Little is charming and is probably the most successful at squeezing any laughs out of this script. Gene Wilder fares just as well as his sidekick playing a washed-up Billy Kid-type character.But the humour in this movie is baffling. Madeline Kahn was nominated for an Oscar for literally speaking like Elmer Fudd. She even performs a song called 'I'm Tired' that its only joke is that she pronounces words funny.I guess I'm okay with having seen this movie as it helps understand why movies like Airplane are still funny whereas this feels like it doesn't have a place in cinema history at all.Also, if you're wondering if they get in a couple of Hitler jokes, they do.
Michael_Elliott Blazing Saddles (1974)*** 1/2 (out of 4) A greedy and crooked businessman (Harvey Korman) decides to try and destroy a small town by sending a new sheriff into it. This sheriff (Cleavon Little) must happens to be a black man, which isn't going to sit well with the townspeople but with the help of The Cisco Kid (Gene Wilder) he might be able to turn them.Mel Brooks' BLAZING SADDLES is one of the most loved comedies of the 1970's but it's easy to forget how ahead of its time the thing actually was. It's funny to think of how controversial the film once was but it's also a fresh reminder that at one time you could tell politically incorrect jokes and not have to apologize for it. I mean, can you imagine a movie like this coming out today? There are all sorts of nice laughs throughout the movie, which is basically Brooks' love story to the Westerns that he grew up watching. Once again the strongest aspect of the film are the performances from a terrific cast. This includes Wilder who is perfect as the gunfighter and Korman is also excellent in his campy role as the villain. Madeline Kahn and Brooks himself deliver as you'd expect them too. Little is good in his role but at the same time you can't help but wonder what would have happened had Richard Pryor gotten the role. The greatest thing here is the performance of Slim Pickens who brings that wonderful charm to this role, although of course this one here adds a racist and comic touch.I'm not going to sit here and say the film is flawless because it certainly isn't. With that said, it's easy to see why this was a landmark film and why it continues to gain new fans each passing year. With this type of humor being pretty much outlawed today the film has an even bigger importance.
LakiM9 Mel Brooks found a way in 1974 to direct two of the greatest comedies of all time. And in that one year, he found a way to cram as many movie parodies, and not have any overlap, as any director can in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. What Young Frankenstein was to the 1930s horror movies Blazing Saddles was to the Westerns of the 1960s. But this one is of the funniest movies of all time, and for two such movies by the same director, with the same star, to come out the same year, to be on that list is quite an achievement. Now, the story, The residents of Rock Ridge (all named Johnson) need a new sheriff. They get one, Bart, played by Cleavon Little, who happens to be black. The film doesn't have much shock value anymore but it's still funny to watch and probably always will be, thanks to characterizations in here. On the negative side, especially if don't know Brooks does whatever he can to get a laugh and isn't all that political, this film might be too politically- correct with its reverse racism, bias against religion and overly crude situations. Overall, a very nice movie with the nice story.