Blazing Saddles
1974 film directed by Mel Brooks
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Summary
Blazing Saddles is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,354 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Mel Brooks[3]
- Screenwriter: Andrew Bergman[4], Mel Brooks[5], Richard Pryor[6], Norman Steinberg[7], Alan Uger[8]
- Composer: John Morris[9]
- Movement: New Hollywood[10]
- Genre: comedy film[11], Western film[12], parody film[13], satire[14], postmodernist film[15]
- Cast member: Mel Brooks[16], Gene Wilder[17], Madeline Kahn[18], Dom DeLuise[19], Harvey Korman[20], Cleavon Little[21], Slim Pickens[22], David Huddleston[23], Liam Dunn[24], Jack Starrett[25], John Hillerman[26], Alex Karras[27], Count Basie[28], George Furth[29]
- Producer: Michael Hertzberg[30]
- Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[31], Warner Bros. Pictures[32]
- Director of photography: Joseph F. Biroc[33]
- Part of: National Film Registry[34]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[35]
- Distribution format: video on demand[36]
- Review score: 8.1/10[37], 89%[38], 73/100[39]
- Color: color[40]
- Country of origin: United States[41]
- Publication date: January 1, 1974[42], February 7, 1974[43], December 20, 1974[44]
- Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[45], Netflix[46]
- Narrative location: California[47]
- Official website: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blazing-saddles[48]
- Filming location: California[49]
- Main subject: racism in the United States[50]
- Film editor: Danford B. Greene[51], John C. Howard[52]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[53], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[54]
- Title: Blazing Saddles[55]
- MPA film rating: R[56]
Why It Matters
Blazing Saddles has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]