Blazing saddles : screenplay / by Mel Brooks [and others]. by Brooks, Mel, 1926-

“…Blazing saddles (Motion picture)…”

Blazing saddles ; story by Andrew Bergman ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks.

The rough guide to comedy movies / by Bob McCabe. by McCabe, Bob

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A companion to film comedy / edited by Andrew Horton and Joanna E. Rapf.

Table of Contents: “…''Hey, It Worked in Blazing Saddles'' --…”
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Intersecting film, music, and queerness / Jack Curtis Dubowsky. by Dubowsky, Jack Curtis

Table of Contents: “…Queer Monster Good: Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands -- 7. Blazing Saddles: Music and Meaning in 'The French Mistake'.…”

Watching movies : collected interviews from the New York times / Rick Lyman. by Lyman, Rick

Table of Contents: “…Quentin Tarantino on The golden stallion -- Janusz Kaminski on Vanishing point -- Ron Howard on The graduate -- Curtis Hanson on In a lonely place -- Kevin Costner on Cool hand Luke -- Steven Soderbergh on All the president's men -- Ang Lee on Love eternal -- Wolfgang Peterson on High noon -- Harvey Weinstein on Exodus -- Michael Bay on West side story -- Julianne Moore on Rosemary's baby -- Kevin Smith on A man for all seasons -- Woody Allen on Shane -- Denzel Washington on Ordinary people -- John Travolta on Yankee doodle dandy -- Brian Grazer on Blazing saddles -- Wes Anderson on Small change -- Sissy Spacek on To kill a mockingbird -- Nicole Kidman on The shining -- Barry Sonnenfeld on Dr. …”

Hollywood's revolutionary decade : Charles Champlin reviews the movies of the 1970s. by Champlin, Charles, 1926-2014

Table of Contents: “…Miller -- The Last Picture Show -- A Clockwork Orange -- The Godfather -- Cabaret -- Deliverance -- Sounder -- Fat City -- Save the Tiger -- Last Tango in Paris -- Paper Moon -- American Graffiti -- The Exorcist -- Blazing Saddles -- The Conversation -- Chinatown -- Earthquake -- Lenny -- The Towering Inferno -- The Godfather, Part II -- Shampoo -- The Day of the Locust -- Jaws -- Nashville -- Dog Day Afternoon -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Taxi Driver -- All the President's Men -- Family Plot -- Network -- Rocky -- Bound for Glory -- Annie Hall -- Star Wars -- New York, New York -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Coming Home -- Interiors -- Midnight Express -- The Deer Hunter -- Norma Rae -- The China Syndrome -- Manhattan -- Apocalypse Now -- All That Jazz -- Raging Bull.…”

Expanding the Black Film Canon Race and Genre across Six Decades. by Alexander, Lisa Doris

Table of Contents: “…: The Presentation of Racism and Resistance in Blazing Saddles -- 3. Harlem Nights, Awkward Framing, and Complicated Gender -- 4. …”
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The director within : storytellers of stage and screen / photographs and text by Rose Eichenbaum ; edited by Aron Hirt-Manheimer. by Eichenbaum, Rose, Eichenbaum, Rose

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God, man, & Hollywood : politically incorrect cinema from "The birth of a nation" to "The passion of the Christ" / Mark Royden Winchell. by Winchell, Mark Royden, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…About Schmidt -- Advise and Consent -- All Quiet on the Western Front -- All the King's Men -- Babette's Feast -- Bananas -- The Barbarian Invasions -- Barbershop -- Barcelona -- Becket -- Being There -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Blast from the Past -- Blazing Saddles -- Borat -- Braveheart -- Brazil -- Chariots of Fire -- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe -- Citizen Ruth -- Colonel Effingham's Raid -- Crash -- Dawn of the Dead -- The Decalogue, One-Ten -- The Decline of the American Empire -- Deliverance -- Destination Moon -- Dirty Harry -- Edmond -- The Edge of the World -- A Face in the Crowd -- The Fanny Trilogy -- The Great McGinty -- Hardcore -- Hoffa -- Hoosiers -- I Love You, Alice B. …”

Poking a dead frog : conversations with today's top comedy writers / Mike Sacks. by Sacks, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Show, Best Week Ever, Bob's Burgers) -- Interview: Adam McKay (Saturday Night Live, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers) -- Two hundred essential movies every comedy writer should see / Bill Hader -- Pure, hard-core advice / Scott Jacobson (The Daily Show, Bob's Burgers) -- Interview: Bruce Jay Friedman (Stern, The Heartbreak Kid, Stir Crazy, Splash) -- Writing jokes for award shows / Bruce Vilanch -- Pure, hard-core advice / Kay Cannon (30 Rock, New Girl, Pitch Perfect) -- Interview: Carol Kolb (The Onion, Community) -- Choosing headlines at The Onion / Will Tracy -- Pure, hard-core advice / Gabe Delahaye (Videogum, This American Life, Funny or Die) -- Interview: Glen Charles (Taxi, Cheers) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron, Maron, Conan, Late Show with David Letterman) -- Interview: George Saunders (Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation, Tenth of December) -- Finding a literary agent for your humor book / Byrd Leavell (Waxman Leavell Literary Agency) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Dave Hill (The New York Times, This American Life, Tasteful Nudes) -- Interview: Tom Scharpling (The Best Show on WFMU, Monk) -- Writing for radio / Bob Elliott (Bob & Ray) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation) -- Interview: Roz Chast (The New Yorker) -- How to be funny as a journalist / Henry Alford, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Patton Oswalt (Feelin' Kind of Patton, Big Fan, Young Adult, Zombie Spaceship, Wasteland, Silver Screen Fiend) -- Interview: Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, David Boring, Eightball, Wilson) -- Writing humor for children / Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Anthony Jeselnik (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Jeselnik Offensive) -- Interview: Adam Resnick (Late Night with David Letterman, Get a Life, Cabin Boy) -- Writing a TV-series bible / Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, Bridesmaids, The Heat) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras, An Idiot Abroad, Hello Ladies) -- Dan Guterman (The Onion, Colbert Report, Community) -- Working as a Hollywood script doctor / Alan Spencer -- Pure, hard-core advice / Mike DiCenzo (The Onion, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) -- Interview: Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) -- The end: what laughter looks like / Edward Jessen.…”
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The National Society of Film Critics on movie comedy / edited by Stuart Byron and Elisabeth Weis.

Table of Contents: “…Pechter -- Lubitsch and his disciples -- Ernst Lubitsch / Richard Schickel, Arthur Knight, Andrew Sarris -- Trouble in paradise / Richard Corliss -- Marriage Cukor style / Molly Haskell -- The Philadelphia story / Penelope Gilliatt -- Some like it hot / Richard Corliss -- The forties and fifties -- Preston Sturges / Andrew Sarris -- The miracle of Morgan's Creek / Gary Arnold -- Frank Tashlin / Stuart Byron -- Jerry Lewis / Stuart Byron -- Blake Edwards / Stuart Byron -- Spoofing -- Against spoofing / Pauline Kael -- Beat the devil / Charles Champlin -- Cat Baillou / Judith Crist -- Up from underground -- Lonesome cowboys / Richard Schickel -- Trash / Vincent Canby -- Putney Swope / Vincent Canby -- Mel Brooks -- The producers / Andrew Sarris -- Blazing saddles / Richard Schickel, Gary Arnold -- Young Frankenstein / Colin L. …”

Madeline Kahn : being the music, a life / William V. Madison. by Madison, Willliam V.

Table of Contents: “…Gooch's Lament: Mame and Other Curiosities (1972-73); 18. It's Twue: Blazing Saddles (1973-74); 19. The Half-Vision of What I Might Be: Boom Boom Room (1973); 20. …”
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