Blazing Saddles (1974)
Director:
Mel Brooks
Tagline:
« Mel Brooks and the West! Together for the last time! »
Actors:
Bart
Jim
Taggart
Hedley Lamarr
Lili Von Shtüpp
Rating:
(165’832 votes)
(165’832 votes)
Quotes:
[to two members of the KKK, while pretending to capture Bart]
« Jim: Oh, boys! Lookee what I got heyuh.
»
« Bart: Hey, where the white women at?
»
« Bart: I better go check out this Mongo character.
»
[Bart reaches for his gun]
« Jim: Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad.
»
[Bart returns unexpectedly after being sentenced to death]
« Charlie: They said you was hung.
»
« Bart: And they was right.
»
Trailer:
Blazing Saddles
Runtime:93 minutes
Plots:
In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town its first sheriff.
Greedy land developer, Hedley Lamarr greases palms of an insane governor to induce his help to snatch land to build Hedley’s railroad. A key piece of land, Rock Ridge, is inhabited by a flock of Johnsons, all deeply entrenched in the town. The governor tries to help Hedley rid himself of the townspeople; first, he appoints sheriff Bart for Rock Ridge. Next, Hedley sics Lili von Shtupp on Bart. With the help of his sidekick, The Waco Kid, Bart fights for his new town. But the politicos fight back.
