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Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

7.2/ 10

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1974

Release Year

93 min

Runtime

Western
Comedy

Overview

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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Keywords

governor
saloon
gun
parody
marching band
breaking the fourth wall
spoof
racism
railroad
interrupted hanging
cowboy
western town
western spoof
ceremony
frontier town
saloon girl
coot
self-referential
anarchic comedy
anachronistic
farting

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Reviews(3)

8.3avg rating
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

10
10/10

I'm married to a Millennial and that presents difficulties that are unique to her generation. Especially unique since I am Gen-X and there is that whole rejection of labels thing and her generation is obsessed with labels. And the not understanding satire or dark humor thing that plagues that genera

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 10, 2024

7
7/10

I grew up watching the "Friday Western" each week on the television so am a bit steeped in the genre to which this takes an entertaining, and loving, swipe. "Hedley Lamarr" (Harvey Korman) is out to trash his own town so he can buy up the land cheaply for his railroad. What better way to drive folks

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r96sk

r96sk

July 16, 2025

8
8/10

<em>'Blazing Saddles'</em> is fairly funny. The good intentions of this 1974 satire is clear to see, naturally it can come across as a bit on the nose at times but it does lead to some amusement. Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder give good performances; always nice to see the latter. Harvey Korman is

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