TY - ADVS AU - Brooks,Mel AU - Hertzberg,Michael AU - Steinberg,Norman AU - Bergman,Andrew AU - Pryor,Richard AU - Uger,Alan AU - Little,Cleavon AU - Wilder,Gene AU - Pickens,Slim AU - Huddleston,David AU - Dunn,Liam AU - Karras,Alex AU - Hillerman,John AU - Furth,George AU - Starrett,Jack AU - Korman,Harvey AU - Kahn,Madeline AU - Arthur,Carol AU - McGregor,Charles AU - Hilton,Robyn AU - Collier,Richard AU - Megowan,Don AU - Lukas,Karl AU - DeLuise,Dom AU - Biroc,Joseph AU - Morris,John AU - Howard,John C. AU - Greene,Danford B. AU - Laine,Frankie ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), ED - Crossbow Productions, ED - Warner Bros. Entertainment, ED - Warner Home Video (Firm), TI - Blazing saddles SN - 0790757354 PY - 2004///] CY - [Burbank, CA] PB - Warner Bros. Entertainment KW - Railroad companies KW - Drama KW - Sheriffs KW - West (U.S.) KW - African American police KW - Ethnic relations KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Comedy films KW - Western films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Parody films N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974; Widescreen; Language options from DVD menu; all language options may not appear on container; 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.); 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; Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions; 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; 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; MPAA rating: R N2 - 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 ER -