‘Blazing Saddles’: What the Producers Didn’t Want You to Know

A Premiere for Cowboys

Movie premieres are generally known to be glamorous and filled with the most expensively-dressed movie stars. But when it came to be the premiere for ‘Blazing Saddles,’ guests arrived on horseback, to match the film’s theme.

Source: Warner Bros.

Yes, we’re serious. The world premiere of the film took place on February 7, 1974, at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, California and there were 250 invited guests who watched the film on horseback.

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