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Genres:
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Comedy /
Western
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Release:
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Director:
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Mel Brooks
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Actors:
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Slim Pickens,
Burton Gilliam,
David Huddleston,
Madeline Kahn,
Harvey Korman,
Jack Starrett,
Cleavon Little,
Liam Dunn,
George Furth,
Carol Arthur,
Richard Collier,
Gene Wilder,
Mel Brooks,
Alex Karras,
John Hillerman
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Duration:
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89 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)115.5
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Plot Summary:
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A jet railroad worker is appointed sheriff of a town marked for rubbing out by a artful office-bearer.
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Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks' raucous spoof of the western starring Cleavon Little as the black sheriff who teams with Gene Wilder's gunslinger to fight racism and corruption
'Never Give A Saga An Even Break!' hollers the tagline to Mel Brooks' swipe at Hollywood's most sacred genre. After succeeding by setting out to fail with The Producers, Brooks wasn't going to print the legend. He was going to wipe his boots on it. Summoning just about every one of the western's stock clich??s for a merciless parodying, Blazing Saddles balances an irreverent backslap at Hollywood prejudice with a tireless, irresistible vulgarity.
The old west here becomes a platform for Brooks' central theme of racial discrimination, as black ex-slave Bart (Cleavon Little) escapes his redneck rai...
Blazing Saddles
This film is as funny now as when it was first released. Its politically incorrectness sends itself up wonderfully, and pokes fun at American society. It appeals to all ages, with its mix of visual slapstick and subtle irony. It's also a film that can be watched again and again and you still see something new that makes you giggle.
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