Spaceballs

[David A Murray]

Hello.

This is a Mell Brookes Classical parody of Star Wars and other films, classic B and Cheese. **.

Spaceballs is a 1987 American science fiction parody film co-written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Bill Pullman, John Candy, Mel Brooks and Rick Moranis. It also features Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten , and the voice of Joan Rivers. The film was released by Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer on June 24, 1987, and was met with a mixed reception. It later became a cult classic[3] on video and one of Brooks' most popular films. Its plot and characters
parody the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as other sci-fi franchises including Star Trek, Alien, and the Planet of the Apes films. Plot Planet Spaceball, led by President Skroob
(Brooks), has wasted all of its air. Skroob schemes to steal air from the planet Druidia by
kidnapping the daughter of King Roland (Dick Van Patten), Princess Vespa (Zuniga), on the day of her pre-arranged wedding to the narcoleptic Prince Valium (Jim J. Bullock). Skroob sends Dark Helmet (Moranis) to complete this task with Spaceball One, an
impossibly huge ship helmed by Colonel
Sandurz (George Wyner). Before they can arrive, Vespa herself abandons her marriage
and flees the planet along with her Droid of
Honor, Dot Matrix (voiced by Rivers), in her personal Mercedes spaceship. King Roland contacts the mercenary Captain
Lone Starr (Pullman) and his mawg (half-man, half-dog) sidekick, Barf (Candy), offering a lucrative reward to retrieve Vespa before she
is captured. Lone Starr readily accepts, as he is
in major debt with the space gangster Pizza
the Hutt (voiced by Dom DeLuise). Lone Starr and Barf, in their Winnebago space ship (Eagle 5), reach Vespa before Spaceball One, rescue
her and Dot, and escape into hyperspace.
Running out of fuel, they crash on the nearby
desert "Moon of Vega", and find their way to a
cave occupied by the wise old Yogurt
(Brooks). Yogurt introduces Lone Starr to the power of "The Schwartz". Yogurt also
introduces the audience to the film's
merchandising campaign, which becomes
prevalent throughout the rest of the film.
During their respite on the moon, Lone Starr
and Vespa begin to flirt, but Vespa insists she can only be married to a prince. Spaceball One, by breaking the fourth wall (by obtaining a copy of the film and fast-
forwarding to the part where the heroes
crash-land), has been able to track down Lone
Starr, capture Vespa, and return with her to
the planet Spaceball. The Spaceballs threaten
to reverse Vespa's nose job, forcing Roland to give over the code to the shield that protects
Druidia. Dark Helmet takes Spaceball One to
Druidia, and transforms the ship into Mega
Maid, a giant robotic maid with a vacuum
cleaner that begins sucking the air from the
planet. Lone Starr, with Yogurt's help in repairing his ship and training in the Schwartz,
races to the planet Spaceball to rescue Vespa,
and then returns to Druidia, using the
Schwartz to reverse the robot's sucking action
and returning the air to the planet. Lone Starr
and his allies enter the Mega Maid to attempt to destroy the robot. Lone Starr is forced to fight
against Dark Helmet near the ship's self-
destruct button, and manages to best him,
causing Dark Helmet to accidentally strike the
button himself. Lone Starr and his friends
escape the ship, while Skroob, Dark Helmet, and Colonel Sandurz fail to reach any escape
pods in time, and are left stranded aboard the
robot's head as the robot explodes. They land
on a nearby planet, much to the regret of its
ape population. His debt to Pizza nullified after Pizza's untimely
death (he got locked in his limo and ate
himself to death), Lone Starr returns Vespa to
Roland and quietly leaves, taking only enough
money to cover his expenses. After a
disastrous lunch break at a diner (in which a musically inclined alien emerges from John Hurt), he finds a final message from Yogurt informing him that he is a prince and thus
eligible to marry Vespa. Lone Starr reaches
Druidia in time to stop her wedding to Valium,
announcing his royal lineage, and marries
Vespa himself. ↑Jump back a section Cast Bill Pullman as Captain Lone Starr John Candy as Barfolomew (Barf) Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix (voice) Mel Brooks as President Skroob and Yogurt Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet Dick Van Patten as King Roland George Wyner as Colonel Sandurz Leslie Bevis as Commanderette Zircon Michael Winslow as Radar Technician Lorene Yarnell as Dot Matrix (body) Jim J. Bullock as Prince Valium Dom DeLuise as Pizza the Hutt (voice) John Hurt as Kane Sal Viscuso as Radio Operator Ronny Graham as Minister Sandy Helberg as Dr. Phillip Schlotkin Stephen Tobolowsky as Captain of the Guard Dey Young as Waitress Rick Ducommun as Prison guard Tim Russ as Trooper Brenda Strong as Nurse Thomas Meehan as King Roland's aide (uncredited) ↑Jump back a section Music When the film was released, Spaceballs: The
Soundtrack was also released on Atlantic Records, featuring many of the songs heard in the film, as well as three score cues by
composer John Morris. For the "19th Anniversary", La-La Land Records released a "limited edition" CD presenting the score in its entirety for the first
time, with bonus tracks featuring alternate
takes and tracks composed for, but not used in the film.[4] Track Listing 1. Spaceballs Main title theme by John Morris 2. My Heart has a mind of its own by Jeffrey Osborne & Kim Carnes 3. Heartstrings by Berlin 4. Spaceballs Love Theme (Instrumental) by John Morris 5. The Winnebago Crashes/The Spaceballs build Mega-Maid by John Morris 6. Spaceballs by The Spinners 7. Hot Together by The Pointer Sisters 8. Good Enough by Van Halen 9. I Just Wanna Be Loved By You by Ladyfire 10. Raise Your Hands by Bon Jovi (Hidden Track)
Regards
David A Murray
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[Wylie]

This is the most quoted non-Python movie in my card group.  even the kids enjoyed it and they haven't seen half the movies it parodies.

-wylie

[bonestructure]

For me, Spaceballs is like macaroni and cheese, just a comfort food and
always dependable.


--
It was all so obvious: the secret affair, the spurned lover, the smoking
gun and the cliched characters. It was like something out of a bad
mystery novel.

[Sue Squires]

I can't think of a Mel Brooks movie that doesn't fit that category for me.
 
Ss
 

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