Blazing Saddles (1974)
...or never give a saga an even break!
Blazing Saddles rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.7/10· 163K votes
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic73%
TMDb7.2/10· 2K votesWith 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 73/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Blazing Saddles
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Cast of Blazing Saddles
Cleavon Little
as Bart
Gene Wilder
as Jim
Slim Pickens
as Taggart
Harvey Korman
as Hedley Lamarr
Madeline Kahn
as Lili Von Shtupp
Mel Brooks
as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Burton Gilliam
as Lyle
Alex Karras
as Mongo
David Huddleston
as Olson Johnson
Liam Dunn
as Rev. Johnson
John Hillerman
as Howard Johnson
George Furth
as Van Johnson
Blazing Saddles facts
- Budget
- $2.6M
- Box office
- $119.5M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Anarchic comedy fearlessly skewers Western genre conventions
- •Satirical humor remains sharp and intellectually provocative
- •Fearless tone and breaking fourth wall delights comedically minded viewers
What the audience disliked
- •Provocative subject matter may offend or alienate sensitive audiences
- •Uneven tone occasionally undermines the satirical intent
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