New on Home Video: “Blazing Saddles”, “North By Northwest”, and “The Terminator” on 4K UHD Blu-ray + Digital

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is bringing three motion picture classics to 4K Ultra HD for the very first time. Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles”, Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest”, and James Cameron’s “The Terminator” are getting their own individual releases, each celebrating big anniversaries of their original premieres. Featuring sparkling 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range, each edition is a must for fans of these three beloved classics.

The 4K Ultra HD editions of “Blazing Saddles”, “North By Northwest”, and “The Terminator” will release November 19th. See below for a full synopsis and release information.

“Blazing Saddles”:

Year: 1974

Runtime: 93 Minutes

Director: Mel Brooks

Screenwriter: Mel Brooks

Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Burton Gilliam, Alex Karras, Liam Dunn, David Huddleston, George Furth, John Hillerman, Carol Arthur

Ribald, tasteless and hilarious … this classic spoof of the Western genre by director Mel Brooks pokes fun at everyone and everything. A corrupt governor grants a reprieve to an African American convict if the condemned man agrees to serve as sheriff of a small Western town, believing that new sheriff will only live long enough to serve the needs of the governor and his nefarious railroad-baron backer.

The film is directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay is by Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger and based on characters by Hughes.  The film is produced by Michael Hertberg.

Blazing Saddles” received 3 Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Madeline Kahn); Best Music, Original Song; and Best Film Editing. In 2006, “Blazing Saddles” was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

“North By Northwest”:

Year: 1959

Runtime: 136 Minutes

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Screenwriter: Ernest Lehman

Cary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest thrillers. While leaving New York’s Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) has the misfortune of raising his hand just as the name “George Kaplan” is paged–starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him–and by police who suspect him of murder.

The film is directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Ernest Lehman. “North by Northwest” stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Jessie Royce Landis.

North by Northwest” was nominated for 3 Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction and Best Original Screenplay. In 1995, “North by Northwest” was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

“The Terminator”:

Year: 1984

Runtime: 107 Minutes

Director: James Cameron

Screenwriters: James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd

Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that will spark a nuclear holocaust. Sarah is targeted because Skynet knows that her unborn son will lead the fight against them. With the virtually unstoppable Terminator in hot pursuit, she and Kyle attempt to escape.

The film is directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. It is produced by Hurd and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton and Paul Winfield.

In 2008, “The Terminator” was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

7 thoughts on “New on Home Video: “Blazing Saddles”, “North By Northwest”, and “The Terminator” on 4K UHD Blu-ray + Digital

  1. I’d like to have all of these. I just finished by some Criterion Blu-Rays including a couple of films by Martin Scorsese for Criterion 4K. One of which is an upgrade of Mean Streets as I am going to donate my old DVD copy to the library along with other DVDs.

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