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Blazing Saddles

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

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  • Comedy
  • Western

Overview

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.

Keywords

  • breaking the fourth wall
  • racism
  • governor
  • parody
  • gun
  • cowboy
  • saloon
  • spoof
  • self-referential
  • frontier town
  • anarchic comedy
  • marching band
  • railroad
  • interrupted hanging
  • western town
  • western spoof
  • ceremony
  • saloon girl
  • coot
  • anachronistic
  • farting

Details

Status
Released
Release date
February 7, 1974
Original language
English
Spoken languages
Yiddish, German, English
Countries
United States of America
Budget
$2,600,000
Revenue
$119,500,000
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