Blazing Saddles is a 1974 satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, it was written by Mel Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards, and is considered one of the great American comedies, coming in at number six on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs list. Brooks appears in...
Bart gives Lili a red rose after she called him backstage in her dressing room.
Jim is sitting in the jail with Bart and he's talking abut what a good gun fi...
Lili is on stage singing her song and dancing for the men.
Bart is watching Jim streamline a whiskey bottle in the jail cell.
An old lady address the camera as one of Taggart's men holds her and another ...
Elderly Woman comes to the sheriff's office to thank Bart for capturing Mongo...
Lamarr schemes on obtaining the land running through Rock Ridge. He flips thr...
Lamarr enters the Governor's office while he is behind the curtain with his s...
Lyle throws out the name of another song for them to sing.
Lamarr presents another document for the governor to sign.
Bart begins to tell his story with a Soux attack on a wagon train.
Inspired by something Lili said, Lamarr comes up with yet another plan. He pu...
Hedley Lamarr loves Taggart's idea for trashing the people of Rock Ridge. He ...
The congregation rises just as dynamite is tossed through the window.
Lyle and the boys draw their guns to shoot Bart. Jim cautions them. Guns draw...
The governor tells Miss Stein to read the urgent telegram from Rock Ridge. Th...
Lamarr enters the Governor's office while he is behind the curtain with his s...
Bart and the men laugh at Lyle and his men as they sing Camp Town Ladies.
Lamarr presents another document for the Governor to sign.
Bart begins to tell his story with a Soux attack on a wagon train. They drive...
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