Blazing Saddles (1974) 16mm Film Presentation 

Sat. May 2 

Doors – 7:00 PM  

Organ Overture – 7:30 PM  

Films – 8:00 PM  

Tickets - $6  

1hr 33min | R | Comedy | USA 

Presented in collaboration with Motor City Cinema Society 

Blazing Saddles is full of beans. It’s an explosively funny spoof. It’s full of hot, hilarious air. It’s a real gas.  

And the Senate Theater is playing it on 16mm film, courtesy of our friends at Motor City Cinema Society! 

An irreverent and witty comedy shootout at the “Is it OK if I laugh at this?” Corral, this 70s classic isn’t just an excuse for flatulence-based humor. It takes a sharpened razor to the Western genre’s filthy prospector beard, uncovering the dark racial history and myth building at the heart of the form and America itself. But always with a laugh. Belly laughs so hearty your guts might bust, making you wonder how they found a take where the actors don’t break.  

Wind across the desolate beauty of a mesa! 

Yes, you can almost smell the sweat and feel the dust blowing. Just like any quality cowboy flick Blazing Saddles is full of wide-open vistas and rousing music. The only difference being that you must imagine director Mel Brooks shout, “Cut!” The cheese (of the highest quality) so irresistibly pungent that he himself could hardly go on. But then, beneath the hilarity is a righteousness, asking us to reflect and rise above our past. It says, “Pull up! Pull! My finger points at you, yes. But it also points beyond. To a promised land!”  

See you at the Senate! 

Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue