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Director:
Writers:
Mel Brooks (screenplay) &
Norman Steinberg (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 February 1974 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Never give a saga an even break!
Plot:
To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Bart (USA) (working title)
Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles or Never Give a Saga an Even Break (USA) (poster title)
Tex X (USA) (original script title)
The Purple Sage (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2004) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12A (re-rating: 2008) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12

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Director Trademark: [Mel Brooks]fourth wall: often breaks the "fourth wall", having the actors speak directly to the audience. more
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Continuity: When Bart arrives in Rock Ridge and the "Welcome Sheriff" banner retracts, it flips once, leaving some of the writing still visible. When Bart walks over to unfurl it again, it is neatly closed with no writing visible. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Lyle: Come on, boys! The way you're lollygaggin' around here with them picks and them shovels, you'd think it was a hundert an' twenty degree. Can't be more than a hundert an' fourteen.
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Soundtrack:
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52 out of 60 people found the following comment useful.
An All-Time Classic, 29 March 2003
Author: Brian Washington (Sargebri@att.net) from Los Angeles, California

Whenever I look at this film I laugh so hard that somtimes tears come to my eyes. Brooks manages to do with this film what Young Frankenstien did to classic horror films. The thing that really works is all the in jokes laced throughout the film. This shows that the cast and crew were really having fun in writing and producing this film. But the main credit should go to the late Cleavon Little. He was perfect as Bart. He took the role when many thought it should have gone to Richard Pryor (who was a co-writer on the film). However, I think Pryor might have been a little too over the top for the role. Little played it more low key and not as militant as Pryor might have.

Also, this film was rated R when it was first released back in 1974. Today it probably would get either a P.G. or, at most, a P.G.-13 rating.

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