Blazing Saddles

Oddly enough, this foul-mouthed, taboo-smashing sendup of racism in Westerns, co-written by Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor, made more money than any real Western ever did—which must have set John Ford spinning in his grave. Brooks shows he’s not above tooting his own horn by noting in an interview on the DVD that the infamous “eating beans around the campfire” scene made history as Hollywood’s first wind-breaking. (If that’s part of the Old West you’d rather not experience, the DVD includes the silent, edited-for-TV version of the scene.) This thirtieth-anniversary edition also features Black Bart, the pilot for an abortive TV spinoff. Also out in June is Brooks’ 1995 flop Dracula: Dead and Loving It; just put a stake in that one. (Available June 29)