Blazing Saddles: 30th Anniversary Edition

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On June 29, Warner Home Video (WHV) will commemorate the three-decade birthday of the great comedy classic "Blazing Saddles" by releasing a new 30th Anniversary Special Edition DVD featuring additional scenes and 5.1 audio. The unforgettable Mel Brooks comedy, Warner Bros.' most successful ever, is listed as #6 on American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the best comedies of all time -- "AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs." Also on June 29, WHV will debut a second Mel Brooks film on DVD, "Dracula: Dead and Loving It."

 

The new "Blazing Saddles" DVD will also include Brooks' commentary, a Madeline Kahn featurette, a cast reunion documentary, and will feature "Black Bart," the 1975 television pilot inspired by the movie. Both titles will be available for $19.97 SRP.

 

"Blazing Saddles," first released in 1974, grossed nearly $120 million at the domestic box office and has gone on to sell more than 3 million videos and DVDs. The Western film genre spoof is one of Brooks' top commercially successful films, along with "Young Frankenstein," also released that same year.

 

"Blazing Saddles" stars Cleavon Little as an unlikely sheriff in the town of Rock Ridge, Harvey Korman as the villain, Madeline Kahn as a Marlene Dietrich-style chanteuse, Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid, and Brooks himself as a dimwitted politico. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards® -- Supporting Actress for Kahn, Best Editing, and Best Song.

 

Also on June 29, WHV will debut Mel Brooks' "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" -- a comic reinvention of the Bela Lugosi classic about a Transylvanian vampire who works his evil spell on a perplexed group of Londoners. Directed and co-written by Brooks, who has a starring role as well, the film also features Harvey Korman, Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, and Amy Yasbeck. There is also a cameo appearance by Brooks' wife, Anne Bancroft. The DVD extra content includes the theatrical trailer and commentary with Mel Brooks, writers Rudy DeLuca and Steve Haberman, and actors Steven Weber and Amy Yasbeck.

 

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I'm all over this.

[BlackFlagg 0]

already have this on DVD but definately worth a double dip

[Anakin Flair 0]

I've already got the extended version of this movie- it aired on WB Channel 11 years ago and my parents taped it Still, can't wait to get this DVD.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

See, if you guys read the DVD Discharge, you would've known about this and the specs weeks ago.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

It's about time Blazing Saddles got a DVD with features on it and that Dracula Dead and Loving It got a DVD.

 

 

 

"What do you do with the women and children?"

 

"Oh, we rape the shit out of them!!!"

[Guest OctoberBlood]

Box Art:

 

[Star Ocean 3 0]

1. Screwed over again with another BS "special edition" when there's already a DVD out

 

2. I want Robin Hood: Men in Tights

[DMann2003 0]

I submit that we all quote the living shit out of this film until the DVD comes out.

 

"He was the easy part, the bitch was coming up with the candygram"

 

"Oh boys, lookee what I got here"

"Hey where all the white women at"

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