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Mel Brooks scored his first commercial hit with this raucous Western spoof starring the late Cleavon Little as the newly hired (and conspicuously black) sheriff of Rock Ridge. Sheriff Bart teams up with deputy Jim (Gene Wilder) to foil the railroad-building scheme of the nefarious Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman). The simple plot is just an excuse for a steady stream of gags, many of them unabashedly tasteless, that Brooks and his wacky cast pull off with side-splitting success. The humor is so juvenile and crude that you just have to surrender to it; highlights abound, from the lunkheaded Alex Karras as the ox-riding Mongo to Madeline Kahn's uproarious send-up of Marlene Dietrich as saloon songstress Lili Von Shtupp. Adding to the comedic excess is the infamous campfire scene involving a bunch of hungry cowboys, heaping servings of baked beans and, well, you get the idea. --Jeff Shannon
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Actors: Burton Gilliam - Carol Arthur - George Furth - Liam Dunn - Richard Collier. Format: Blu-ray. Format Size: Widescreen. Runtime: 93 Mins. Language: English. Subtitle: English Subtitles. Region code: Region 1 (United States Canada Bermuda U.S. territories). Discs: 1. Rating: R. Genre: Comedy. Release Year: 1974.
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Very fast shipping, good quality,
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This review is from: Blazing Saddles (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
The product arrived within a few days and was in perfect condition. The image and sound of the product were also of excellent quality.
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Brooks first major success!,
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This review is from: Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition) (DVD)
February/74 saw the release of Mel Brooks first major success with his release of "Blazing Saddles".As with televisions concurrently running "All in the Family" which broke many barriers,not the least of which was the subject most dealt with in this movie,race,Brooks took the concept and blew it wide open on the big screen to much critical and financial success.The movie starred Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart,Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid,Harvey Korman as Hedly Lamarr,Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp and Slim Pickens as Taggart the boss.The story,as slight as it is,involves Bart who escapes from a railroad work gang to become the town of Rock Ridge's new sheriff.For a black sheriff things are a little touch and go with the locals until one day Hedley Lamarr,who is closerthanthis to the governor(Mel Brooks)decides it is in his best interest and those of the railroad to demolish Rock Ridge.Taggart sends in Mongo(Alex Karras)to do the job personally but he ends up liking Bart and they become inseparable.Bart who has the legendary gunslinger the Waco Kid also working for him,devises a plan to build a fake Rock Ridge.When the crooks enter they blow them and the town to bits and finish off the stragglers.The townsfolk now love their new sheriff but he has higher and loftier plans and with the Waco Kid by his side,they ride into the sunset Mel Brooks style...in a limo. Brooks,never known for his subtlety,throws every cliche' good and bad into the mix trying to expose prejudice in its most rawest form.In his quest he brings up many "in" references to people,characters and movies such as Bugs Bunny,Hedy Lamarr,Marlene Dietrich,Laurel and Hardy,Howard Johnson,Samuel Johnson,Olsen and Johnson,Cecil B.Demille,Randolph Scott,The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,Destry Rides Again,the KKK and so many,many others.He generally touches the funny bone but he is not as consistently funny as he might otherwise or should have been.Some of his jokes are just plain sophomoric.But even Brooks can show sophomoric can be good as about 40 minutes in we have the famous farting around the campfire scene;sure to garner a few laughs no matter how many times you see it....or is it just a guy thing? This 30th anniversary edition of Blazing Saddles has been digitally transferred very well and is shown in its original widescreen a/r.Extras include a commentary by Brooks,the trailer,two featurettes,one about the movie and the other on Madeline Kahn,a proposed /75 TV spin off called Black Bart starring Lou Gossett Jr.,and additional scenes. If you want your Blazing Saddles fix I can think of no other edition than this one that will satisfy your taste for this Mel Brooks box office winner.
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Tasteless But Funny,
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This review is from: Blazing Saddles (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
Plays like an ennactment of one of those tasteless joke books set to a Western theme. Not for everyone. Even fans of this sort of thing have to be in a certain mood.
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