Blazing Saddles is Mel Brooks' satiric take on the Western genre about a black sheriff of an old west town who must help the townsfolk fight off a group of thugs. The film was a smash hit and is generally considered to be one of the funniest movies of all time - even landing at #6 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest movies.
Cast
- Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart
- Gene Wilder as Jim, aka "The Waco Kid"
- Mel Brooks as Gov. William J. Le Petomane
- Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp
- Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr
- Slim Pickens as Taggart
- Dom DeLuise as Buddy Bizarre
Quotes
- "I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille" - Jim
- "Mongo only pawn... in game of life" - Mongo
- "Does anybody have a dime? Somebody has to go back and get a shitload of dimes" - Taggart
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Blazing Saddles Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards
Rotten Tomatoes: Blazing Saddles Forum
Brookslyn.com: A Mel Brooks Fan Site
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