DVD

Blazing saddles / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Mel Brooks film ; screenplay by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger ; story by Andrew Bergman ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks.

Brooks, Mel, 1926- (Screenwriter, Director, Actor). Steinberg, Norman. (Screenwriter). Bergman, Andrew. (Screenwriter). Uger, Alan. (Screenwriter). Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 (Screenwriter). Hertzberg, Michael. (Producer). Little, Cleavon. (Actor). Wilder, Gene, 1933-2016 (Actor). Pickens, Slim. (Actor). Huddleston, David, 1930-2016 (Actor). Dunn, Liam, 1916-1976 (Actor). Karras, Alex. (Actor). Hillerman, John. (Actor). Furth, George, 1932-2008 (Actor). Starrett, Jack, 1936-1989 (Actor). Korman, Harvey, 1927-2008 (Actor). Kahn, Madeline. (Actor). Arthur, Carol, 1935- (Actor). McGregor, Charles, 1922-1996 (Actor). Hilton, Robyn, 1940- (Actor). Collier, Richard, 1919-2000 (Actor). Megowan, Don. (Actor). Lukas, Karl, 1919-1995 (Actor). DeLuise, Dom. (Actor). Biroc, Joseph, 1903-1996 (Cinematographer). Morris, John, 1926-2018 (Composer, Conductor). Howard, John C., 1930-1983 (Added Author). Greene, Danford B. (Added Author). Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007 (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). 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. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0790757354
ISBN: 9780790757353
ISBN: 0790731487
ISBN: 9780790731483
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: 30th anniversary special ed.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. 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.).
Formatted Contents Note:	Credits -- Workin' on the rail road -- Quicksand -- Hedley Lamarr -- Church meeting -- Governor -- New sheriff -- Rock Ridge welcome -- Message to the Governor -- Waco Kid -- Beanfest -- Mongo goes boom! -- Where's Froggy? -- Lili Von Shtupp -- I'm tired -- Wet sauerkraut in her hands -- Snoopin' around -- Equal opportunity employer -- "Where are all the white women at?" -- Fake Rock Ridge -- Do the voodoo you do -- Exact change -- Showtime? -- "I work for Mel Brooks!" -- Happy ending -- End Credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	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 ; choreography by Alan Johnson.
Participant or Performer Note:	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.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Rated R.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English), Dolby Digital mono (Spanish); widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.40:1; dual layer.
Language Note:	Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French and Spanish and optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.