Corrected entry: In the Governor's office, the US flag is a modern flag with all 50 stars. There wouldn't have been nearly as many during the time the film took place.
Bishop73
29th Sep 2018
Blazing Saddles (1974)
7th Apr 2018
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: The "welcome sheriff" banner rolls up after the realization of the new sheriff's race. Though meant as a sight gag, you can tell the man in the tan suit closest right behind the woman in the blue shawl pulled the banner to make it roll up, though he tried to do it in a sneaky way.
30th May 2017
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: In the saloon, Howard Johnson is talking about penicillin working on anthrax. Blazing Saddles was set in 1874, but anthrax wasn't discovered until 1875.
Correction: Anthrax has been known about for a long time. The word was first used in the 1300's. In 1875, it was only the bacterium which caused anthrax that was discovered. Prior to 1875 anthrax was a disease with an unknown pathology. Howard Johnson doesn't mention penicillin though. He mentions Louis Pasteur's vaccine.
1st Jan 2015
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: When the gang rides into fake Rock Ridge, the buildings constructed by the townsfolk are two-dimensional. After the explosions begin and the fighting between the two groups begins, the structures are suddenly real. At the end of the picture the street in both towns have sagebrush and desert plants. Earlier in the movie, the town streets are clear.
Correction: After the explosion and the fighting starts, the whole movie shifts to a typical Mel Brooks parody where they break-out of the movie. The scene shows the whole WB lot and the fight spills over into other sets and actors from other movies being filmed. It was a joke and not part of the continuous story. Then at the end, the streets are clear. The desert bushes seen is when the Sheriff and Waco Kid get into a car a drive off, but again a joke.
7th Feb 2003
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: The elderly woman comes to the window and gives Sheriff Bart an apple pie. He walks two steps from the window then sits it down when she taps the window again. After she finally leaves, we see a wider shot of the room, no pie in sight. (00:50:40)
Correction: He doesn't set the pie down, you see him hand the pie to Jim. Jim had plenty of time to set the pie down on the desk to his right so the audience couldn't see it. When they get up to leave, there's not a clear shot of what's on the desk because the side of the desk is blocking the view.
5th Mar 2003
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: In Jim's first scene, after he is straightened out from being upside-down, hanging off the top bunk, he reaches under the pillow for a bottle. He then finishes the remains of the bottle. The level of the liquid changes. It goes from being just above the bottom of the label to being enough for 4-5 big swallows. (00:33:15)
Correction: The amount never changes before he takes a swig. And the level is never just above the bottom of the label, but higher.
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Correction: It's definitely not a 50-Star flag. The stars on the flag seen in the governor's office are in a row, not offsetting rows. Plus the stars seen are close to each other. On the 50-Star flag the stars have more room between them to allow room for the point of the star in the next row.
Bishop73