Blazing Saddles
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Blazing Saddles is a 1974 satirical Western comedy film that parodies racism and Hollywood Western tropes, directed by and co-written with Mel Brooks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blazing Saddles canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5494081 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blazing Saddles Context triple: [Mel Brooks, notableWork, Blazing Saddles]
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A.
Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
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B.
Animal House
Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film about a misfit college fraternity whose anarchic antics challenge the authority of their university.
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C.
Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest that satirizes small-town community theater through an eccentric cast of aspiring performers.
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D.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
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E.
Caddyshack
Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film set at an exclusive golf club, celebrated for its irreverent humor and iconic performances by Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blazing Saddles Target entity description: Blazing Saddles is a 1974 satirical Western comedy film that parodies racism and Hollywood Western tropes, directed by and co-written with Mel Brooks.
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A.
Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
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B.
Animal House
Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film about a misfit college fraternity whose anarchic antics challenge the authority of their university.
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C.
Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest that satirizes small-town community theater through an eccentric cast of aspiring performers.
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D.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
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E.
Caddyshack
Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film set at an exclusive golf club, celebrated for its irreverent humor and iconic performances by Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| AFIRank | 6 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tex X (unproduced story by Andrew Bergman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Hedley Lamarr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim The Waco Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ Lili Von Shtupp NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff Bart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph F. Biroc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coWriter |
Alan Uger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Steinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Mel Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy |
John C. Howard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tommy Primo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSong | Blazing Saddles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasMPAARating | R ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
parody of Hollywood Westerns
ⓘ
racism ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking the fourth wall
ⓘ
frequent use of racial slurs as social satire ⓘ parody of classic Hollywood Western tropes ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Hertzberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Crossbow Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankedIn | AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1974-02-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| songPerformer | Frankie Laine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Cleavon Little
NERFINISHED
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Gene Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Korman NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeline Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim Pickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blazing Saddles Description of subject: Blazing Saddles is a 1974 satirical Western comedy film that parodies racism and Hollywood Western tropes, directed by and co-written with Mel Brooks.
Referenced by (10)
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