Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It is primarily a parody of the original Star Wars trilogy, but also parodies other sci-fi films and popular franchises including Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, with the supporting cast including Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Lorene Yarnell, and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film also features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo appearances.
Plot
Planet Spaceball, led by the incompetent President Skroob, has squandered all of its fresh air. Skroob schemes to steal the atmosphere from the neighboring planet of Druidia by forcing its ruler King Roland to give him the code to the shield surrounding it. Roland's daughter Princess Vespa flees Druidia in order to avoid an arranged marriage to the narcoleptic Prince Valium. The ship Spaceball One, commanded by Colonel Sandurz and carrying Skroob's enforcer Dark Helmet, is dispatched to kidnap Vespa and her droid servant Dot Matrix.
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author | Mel Brooks Ronny Graham Thomas Meehan |
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contentLocation | Druidia Spaceball City Spaceball One Vega |
director | Mel Brooks |
editor | Conrad Buff IV |
events | extraterrestrial life |
genre | adventure comedy science fiction |
keywords | abandon arranged marriage break the fourth wall capture crime boss dog escape pod for you force fortune cookie fourth wall human lightsaber lock man merchandise narcolepsy narcoleptic out of fuel planet of the apes plastic surgeon populated by talking apes rid scar sing strand stunt double talk vacuum cleaner vhs wed winnebago winnebago industries xenomorph |
musicBy | John Morris Mel Brooks |
producer | Mel Brooks |
productionCompany | Brooksfilms Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
recordedAt | Arizona California Neuschwanstein Castle |
theme | buddy comedy extraterrestrial life independent parody satirical |