Guide Note

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.

Fast Facts

1. Set in the American old west of 1874
2. Nominated for three academy awards in 1975
3. Starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Dom DeLouise
4. Directed by Mel Brooks
5. Release date: February 7, 1974
6. Budget: $2.6 million
7. Written by Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Andrew Bergman, Norman Steinberg and Al Uger

• 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

• "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