DVD
Blazing saddles
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
30th anniversary special ed.
Performers
Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Alex Karras, John Hillerman, George Furth, Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr., Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn.
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2004.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Series
Summary
In this ultimate Western spoof, a town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lamarr, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Videodisc release of the 1974 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated R.
In English with optional Spanish language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
Special features include: All-new 30th-anniversary digital transfer ; remastered soundtrack ; scene-specific commentary by Mel Brooks ; 2 documentaries: Back in the saddle and Intimate portrait: Madeline Kahn (excerpt) ; "Black Bart" - 1975 pilot episode of the proposed TV series spinoff ; additional scenes ; theatrical trailer.
Presented in a letterbox widescreen format preserving the scope aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition ; enhanced for widescreen TVs.