Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder and Harvey Korman look fondly back at the groundbreaking comedic film with others. If you loved Blazing Saddles, you will love the retrospective look in this documentary. It's not a film that could be done today. Sadly, Cleavon Little and Madeline Kahn were no longer around .They were fond of them. Richard Pryor wrote the Mongo scenes. Harvey Korman was a genius.
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A middle of the road retrospective
movieman_kev26 September 2005
This 28 minute & 20 second retrospective on "Blazing Saddles" can be found as an extra on the 30th Annivesery DVD Special Edition of the aforementioned movie. It features interviews with Director Mel Brooks, Writer Andrew Bergman, Producer Micheal Hertzberg, actors Harvey Korman, Gene Wilder,Burton Gilliam. It goes into the the beginnings of how the movie was made and re-written, some remembrances of the film, and how the film tore racism apart (in that aspect this retrospective does get a little tiresome though) It also features TV outtakes. All in all, it's alright, but not exactly the most definitive piece on the subject.
My Grade: C
My Grade: C
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