Among his best remembered and most beloved works, though, are the raucous box office smash Blazing Saddles and the beloved if darkly tinged childhood classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Check your area listings for Blazing Saddles and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory re-release screening times and locations.
As a result, Willy Wonka will get a reissue at roughly 200 U.S. locations, with Blazing Saddles also riding into about 60 cinemas over the holiday weekend.
Willy Wonka, though, only grossed an estimated $4 million, but has earned a massive following since, inspiring Tim Burton’s less-well-received remake, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005.