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He added: "If they did a remake of Blazing Saddles today [2012], they would leave out the N-word. And then, you've got no movie." And then, you've got no movie." [ 23 ] Brooks said the use of the N-word was to show how despised, hated, and loathed the black sheriff was. [ 24 ]
Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. [1] (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. [2]Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal policeman Art Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood.
A minor but memorable role came one year later in the western parody Blazing Saddles (1974): the very strong and slow-witted thug Mongo, who rode into town on a huge brahman (marked with "yes" and "no" passing signals), and knocked out a horse with one punch. (Mongo was also surprisingly philosophical, stating that he was "only pawn in game of ...
Martin Chilton looks back on how the creation, making and legacy of ‘Blazing Saddles’ were as anarchic as the film itself Blazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created the ...
Written by Brooks and a team of writers that included the late, great Richard Pryor, Blazing Saddles remains the 96-year-old director's biggest box-office hit, and picked up three Oscar ...
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Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award.
3 questions for actor-director on promoting new comedy-laced Western "Outlaw Johnny Black" during strikes, whether "Blazing Saddles" could be made today and working with "surrogate father" Brown.