Blazing Saddles
...or never give a saga an even break!
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Timing:
1:33 (93 min)
7.242/10
2052
2052
6.728/10
4587
4587
7.7/10
164000
164000
Country
Production
Genre
Western, Comedy
Budget
$2 600 000
Revenue
$119 500 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Michael Hertzberg
Operator
Joseph F. Biroc
Composer
Artist
Audition
Nessa Hyams
Editing
John C. Howard, Danford B. Greene
All team (50)
All team (50)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Mel Brooks himself played two roles in this film: a cross-eyed, amorous governor and a Native American chief, the latter of whom speaks with a Jewish accent.
- Mel Brooks never told Frankie Laine (1913-2007) that the song “Blazing Saddles” would be used in the comedy (he thought it was for a Western). He believed that if Laine knew the truth, he would refuse to perform the song.
- When the film was first shown to Warner Brothers' executives, no one laughed once, so the filmmakers thought it was a failure and that the film would not be released. Mel Brooks arranged a screening for ordinary employees, and when they began to roar with laughter and laughed throughout the entire film, the decision was made to release it after all.
- The scene in which Cleavon Little's (1939-1992) character points a gun at his own head to escape the townspeople is based on an incident from Mel Brooks’ own childhood. Once, he stole chewing gum and a water pistol from a pharmacy, and when the pharmacist tried to detain him, he did exactly the same thing – pointed the pistol at himself and ordered the pharmacist to stay put.
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