WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

A corrupt State Attorney employs a black man to become town sheriff, in order who to invoke a lynching. Instead, the hapless hero teams up with Gene Wilder’s drunken gunslinger to defeat the heinous git!

COOL FACTOR:

Outrageous [and hilarious] from start to finish, this satirical comedy remains fresher than a pair of freshly ironed socks.

SCENE STEALER:

Beans means farts by the campfire!

MAXIM SAYS

Unmissable classic from Mel Brooks!

TRIVIA!

•    Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play the sheriff's role, but the studio objected. Warner executives expressed concern about Pryor's reliability because of his heavy drug use at the time and the belief that he was crazy.  He was however one of the screenwriters.

•    In 2006, Blazing Saddles was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the US Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."