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Blazing Saddles
Release Date: February 07, 1974
Year | : | 1974 |
Slogan | : | «Never give a saga an even break!» |
Genres | : | Western, Comedy |
Production Companies | : | Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures |
Director | : | Mel Brooks |
Producers | : | Nessa Hyams, Michael Hertzberg, William P. Owens |
Writers | : | Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Andrew Bergman, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger |
RunTime | : | 93 mins. |
Budget | : | 2600000 |
Revenue | : | 119500000 |
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.
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Trailer: Blazing Saddles (1974) Original Trailer - Gene Wilder Movie
Featurette: John Landis on BLAZING SADDLES
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