BLAZING SADDLES MEETS YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks

With their riotous parodies of Westerns and classic horror movies, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein were not only hilarious, but they played with charged social and cultural themes in an inimitable way. Explores in depth the zeitgeist and cinematic alchemy that led to 1974 becoming "the year of Mel Brooks." Photos, some in color.