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Blazing Saddles

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7.2/10 • 1.8K

1974-02-071h 33m

WesternComedy

...or never give a saga an even break!

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.

Directors
Mel Brooks
Editors
John C. Howard

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  1. Cleavon Little

    Cleavon Little

    Bart

  2. Gene Wilder

    Gene Wilder

    Jim

  3. Slim Pickens

    Slim Pickens

    Taggart

  4. Harvey Korman

    Harvey Korman

    Hedley Lamarr

  5. Madeline Kahn

    Madeline Kahn

    Lili Von Shtupp

  6. Mel Brooks

    Mel Brooks

    Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

  7. Burton Gilliam

    Burton Gilliam

    Lyle

  8. Alex Karras

    Alex Karras

    Mongo

  9. David Huddleston

    David Huddleston

    Olson Johnson

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 12, 2023

10/10

I'm married to a Millennial and that presents difficulties that are unique to her generation. Especially unique since I am Gen-X and there is that whole rejection of labels thing and her generation is obsessed with labels. And the not understanding satire or dark humor thing that plagues that generation. And, of course, the fact that my generation kind of raised ourselves and hers, well, I have to explain things like why you don't mix coloreds and whites when you do laundry. Anyway, getting her and her besties to sit down and watch anything older than 4 years is an uphill battle... again a uniquely Millennial thing. This is odd to me since I was born after this came out, and, honestly, love a lot of movies even decades older than me.... it's the new ones I don't like. So I begged, and I pleaded, and I finally got them to watch Blazing Saddles, on the basis that I actually forced my wife (at gun point, and knife point) to watch Young Frankenstein and she loved it. Blazing Saddles lasted about 10 minutes before they got upset by the racism. But they she and her best friend and her boyfriend sat it out anyway, and by the end of the movie they were throwing a fit about racism as if I sat them down to watch Birth of a Nation. Mel Brooks somehow went way over their heads... ... I'm not exactly sure that has ever happened before... ever, in all the History of the World, I'm pretty sure that has never, ever, happened before. So I found myself with an angry wife and two very angry friends all pretty much accusing me of being William Luther Pierce. Still not sure what happened there. Something went horribly wrong. This movie kind of mocks racism doesn't it? it turns it into a joke so people can't take it seriously any longer and makes the viewer think that anyone who wears a white robe is an idiot. An absolute moron. And yet their collective reaction kind of assumed the opposite. So, anyway, I slept on the couch for a while as I slowly talked her down and explained that, no, in fact this movie was AGAINST racism. That Mel Brooks is far from a racist. That, in fact, it supports equality. But I'm still very confused. I still don't know how that happened.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,600,000.00
Revenue
$119,500,000.00
Keywords
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