Mel Brooks was the king of parody. He tackled many genres and made his own brand of satire with films like "Young Frankenstein" and "Spaceballs." One film I don't hear much from others, though I rate it as one of his best, is "Blazing Saddles."
The western follows a black railroad worker, Bart, who is sent to become the first black sheriff. He doesn't know that this was all a plan to make the town vulnerable so the diabolical Hedley Lamarr can run the town's people out of town and make way for a railroad.
The video and audio quality of the Blu-ray is the best it has ever been. The 1974 film, made in Technicolor, isn't ever going to look like a new movie. If you want to show off the technical specs of your HD-TV and your Blu-ray player, there are more recent movies that will do that. However, the Blu-ray disc is definitely a step up from the DVD.
All of the special features from the previous 30th Anniversary Edition DVD are present on the Blu-ray in standard definition.
They include:
- Additional scenes,
- Scene-specific commentary by Mel Brooks,
- Two documentaries ("Back in the Saddle" and "Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn"),
- Black Bart: 1975 Pilot Episode of the proposed TV series spinoff and
- Theatrical trailer.
Fans of "Blazing Saddles" should definitely pick this up, as it is a good upgrade from the 30th Anniversary DVD. There are no new features to speak of, but the video and audio quality of the movie is a step up.
Amazon sells the Blu-ray disc for $10.49. I saw it at Walmart for $10.
If you are a DVD user, Amazon has the 30th Anniversary DVD for $5.49. Walmart had it for $5.
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