Blazing Saddles, [Blu-ray]

Description
Cleavon Little plays an escaped black convict who ends up being given the poison chalice job of the new Rockridge Sheriff by scheming railroad developer and politician Hedley LaMarr (Harvey Korman). Notionally sent in to protect the ungrateful Rockridge community from marauding gangs, his only ally turns out to be alcoholic former gunslinger The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder). Though initially expressing racial prejudice the townsfolk eventually adopt the Sheriff to help them outwit Hedley LaMarr, deciding to construct an exact replica of their town to fool the invading posse. The film descends into postmodern chaos as the action spills out of the film set into wider Hollywood.

Product information
Run time ‎1 hour and 33 minutes
Number of discs ‎1
Media Format ‎Subtitled, PAL
Language ‎German (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Actors ‎Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens
Aspect Ratio ‎16:9 - 1.78:1
Studio ‎Warner Home Video

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Info added by Rmcstar

In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the people of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new leader. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.

• Rating: R
• Genre: Comedy, Western
• Original Language: English
• Director: Mel Brooks
• Producer: Michael Hertzberg
• Writer: Andrew Bergman, Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger
• Release Date (Theaters): Feb 7, 1974 Wide
• Release Date (Streaming): May 15, 2007
• Runtime: 1h 33m
• Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Production Co: Warner Brothers, Crossbow Productions
• Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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Critics Consensus
Daring, provocative, and laugh-out-loud funny, Blazing Saddles is a gleefully vulgar spoof of Westerns that marks a high point in Mel Brooks' storied career. Read critic reviews

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