Blazing Saddles

Hollywood Westerns were never the same after director/co-writer Mel Brooks put them through the comedy wringer with this tasteless, hilarious spoof. Can the frontier town of Rockridge cope with the arrival of Bart (Cleavon Little) as its new─and black─sheriff? With Gene Wilder as the alky Waco Kid, Harvey Korman as the conniving Hedley Lamarr, Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp, and Alex Karras as the horse-punching Mongo. With Slim Pickens, Brooks. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary by Brooks; deleted scenes; documentaries; "Black Bart" TV pilot.