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  2. Blazing Saddles - Wikipedia

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    Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist [4] [5] Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. [6] The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.

  3. Randolph Scott - Wikipedia

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    The 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles paid homage to Scott. When faced by a crowd refusing to cooperate, Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) exclaims "You'd do it for Randolph Scott!" Members of the crowd then repeat "Randolph Scott" in hushed tones.

  4. Madeline Kahn - Wikipedia

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    For Blazing Saddles, she was again nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. [12] In the April 2006 issue of Premiere, her performance in Blazing Saddles as Lili von Shtupp was selected as number 74 on its list of the 100 greatest performances of all time. [23]

  5. Jack Starrett - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Blazing Saddles at 50: Against all odds, Mel Brooks created ...

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    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 ...

  7. Alex Karras - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of 1974 box office number-one films in the United States

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    Blazing Saddles: $1,233,700: Blazing Saddles reached number one in its tenth week of release [16] 17: April 24, 1974: The Sting: $1,145,900: The Sting returned to ...

  9. Could Mel Brooks's 'Blazing Saddles' be revived today? The ...

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    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 ...