Blazing Saddles
1974 film directed by Mel Brooks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 comedy western movie directed by Mel Brooks starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder and Harvey Korman. It tells the story of a black Sheriff, played by Little, who is appointed Sheriff of a small Western town and how he must try to make friends with the racist towns people and stop a ruthless businessman from knocking down the town to make way for a railway line.
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Directed by | Mel Brooks |
Screenplay by | Andrew Bergman Mel Brooks Richard Pryor Norman Steinberg Al Uger |
Story by | Andrew Bergman |
Produced by | Michael Hertzberg |
Starring | Cleavon Little Gene Wilder Harvey Korman Slim Pickens Madeline Kahn Mel Brooks Dom DeLuise |
Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
Edited by | Danford B. Greene John C. Howard |
Music by | Mel Brooks (songs) John Morris (score) |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.6 million |
Box office | $119,500,000[1] |
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While the movie is widely said to be a classic comedy today, critical reaction was mixed when the movie was first released.