Blazing Saddles
"...or never give a saga an even break!"
1974-02-07
7.244
en 93mWesternComedy
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.
Producer
Michael Hertzberg
Editor
Danford B. Greene
Editor
John C. Howard
Screenplay
Andrew Bergman
Screenplay
Norman Steinberg
Director
Mel Brooks
governor saloon gun parody marching band breaking the fourth wall spoof racism railroad interrupted hanging cowboy western town western spoof ceremony frontier town saloon girl coot self-referential satirical anarchic comedy anachronistic farting
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$119,500,000Budget
$2,600,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Crossbow Productions
- Warner Bros. Pictures
