Blazing saddles [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Warner Bros. presents a Mel Brooks film ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; story by Andrew Bergman ; screenplay by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger ; directed by Mel Brooks.
Title from disc. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, Alex Karras, John Hillerman, George Furth, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Special features: Behind the scenes: Commentary by Mel Brooks Back in the Saddle; Black Bart TV pilot; intimate portrait: Madeline Kahn; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers.
Summary:
In the way of a railroad, there is a town where everyone seems to be named Johnson. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, 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.
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