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    Blazing Saddles (1974)

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    The movie which made motion picture history by introducing farting to the big screen.

    blazingsaddlesRescued from a railroad-gang, Black Bart (Cleavon Little) is appointed sheriff to Rock Ridge by a scheming politician.

    The plan is to make the townsfolk so hostile and demoralised that it will be easy to overcome their resistance to selling up and leaving, so that a profitable railroad can be built through their land.

    Black Bart finds an unexpected ally in the drunken – but one-time gunslinger legend – Waco Kid (Gene Wilder), and the two come up with a plan to fool the would-be land-stealers and their henchmen by creating a replica cardboard town.

    After many wild adventures thy ride off into the sunset – in a limousine (in the film’s finale, the pair accidentally – and anachronistically – gatecrash a film studio where a big musical production number is being filmed).

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    Gloriously over-the-top moments include the great bean-fart campfire, honky-tonk singer Lili Von Shtupp’s (Madeline Kahn) rendition of a Destry-type Dietrich torch-song complete with the Mae West-aside “is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?”, and Count Basie and his jazz band playing the film’s score in the middle of the desert.

    Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the use of the name Hedley Lamarr for the villain. They settled out of court.

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    The premier was held at the Pickwick Drive-In cinema in California. No cars were allowed – the guests all had to ride in on horseback.

    A young Richard Pryor was considered for Cleavon Little’s black sheriff role but was discounted because he was “a known sniffer”.

    Bart
    Cleavon Little
    Jim, the Waco Kid
    Gene Wilder
    Taggart
    Slim Pickens
    Hedley Lamarr
    Harvey Korman
    Lili Von Shtupp
    Madeline Kahn
    Governor Le Petomane/Indian chief
    Mel Brooks
    Olson Johnson
    David Huddleston
    Rev Johnson
    Liam Dunn
    Mongo
    Alex Karras
    Howard Johnson
    John Hillerman
    Van Johnson
    George Furth
    Gabby Johnson
    Claude E Starrett Jr
    Buddy Bizarre
    Dom DeLuise
    Dr Sam Johnson
    Richard Collier
    Count Basie
    Count Basie
    Lyle
    Burton Gilliam

    Director
    Mel Brooks

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