Overview
Blazing Saddles
Part of the Comedy Tonight: The films of Mel Brooks Series
In this satricical take on Westerns, Blazing Saddles, crafty railroad worker Bart 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 are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder and Slim Pickens. 95 minutes, R.
In this satricical take on Westerns, Blazing Saddles, crafty railroad worker Bart 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 are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder and Slim Pickens. 95 minutes, R.