Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

...or never give a saga an even break!

Directed by Mel Brooks

Produced by Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

197493 min7.2 / 10

A raucous, anarchic western parody that weaponizes absurdity and anachronism to satirize racism and genre conventions with relentless comedic energy.

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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  • Is Blazing Saddles one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 97% of films.

  • Is Blazing Saddles sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Blazing Saddles scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Blazing Saddles easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Blazing Saddles end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Blazing Saddles violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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