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Classic Films at the Kirby: Blazing Saddles (R)

Category: Event Calendar

Dates and Times for this Past Event

  • Friday, Aug 4, 2023  1pm
  • Friday, Aug 4, 2023  7:30pm

Location

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
71 Public Square

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Details

NOT your typical western. This politically incorrect 70’s comedy from director Mel Brooks stars Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart and Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid. Madeline Kahn plays saloon singer Lily von Shtupp (“Oh…a wed wose. How womantic!”) who falls for Sheriff Bart (“Oh, it’s twue, it’s twue!”) Harvey Korman plays the villain whose name is unfortunately similar to movie star Hedy Lamarr’s. (“That’s HEDLEY!”) 

One Friday each month, the Kirby Center showcases a classic movie on the big screen. Each showing includes an on-screen introduction by Flashback Cinema host and Northeastern Pennsylvania native John Hersker, providing historical background on the films.  

The series features two showings of each film, first at 1 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on the same Friday. Tickets for matinee films are only $3, while evening films are just $5.