Giddy Up Cowboy! Mel Brooks’ classic western pushes the comedic boundaries to deliver his finest work, Blazing Saddles. The hugely successful satirical western was nominated for several Oscars including Best Film Editing. It was the winner of the prestigious, Writers Guild of America for Best comedy written directly for the screen. With such success and…
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Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles was directed by comedy great, Mel Brooks, at a time where such work was taboo but still possible to make. Today it wouldn’t have been made. Not the most well known of classic comedies, Blazing Saddles is still on the top of fans list as the great comedy film ever made. The movie…
Blazing Saddles & Charlie and the Chocolate Fatory
Blazing Saddles(1974) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005) are movies that are very unlike each other and were released over 30 years apart. Blazing Saddles is a comedy/western while Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(CATCF) is a fantasy/adventure/comedy. Both have great and successful directors, Mel Brooks and Tim Burton, who did a brilliant job on the…
Blazing Saddles vs. The Jungle Book
BLAZING SADDLES is a have-to-see film. Why? Because there isn’t one dull moment. The movie has everything from comical aspects as well as action aspects. The movie’s theme was the “wild west” under the auteurs rethinking genres title. The film was released in 1974 which does not correspond to the theme in the present day….
BLAZING SADDLES vs. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Some of the most iconic films in history were released in the 1970’s. BLAZING SADDLES and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND may be polar opposites from one another but, they both made Hollywood shine even brighter in the mid to late 70’s. Mel Brook’s 1974 film, BLAZING SADDLES, explored all different types of topics,…
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