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Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy , but also of other popular franchises such as Star Trek , Alien , The Wizard of Oz , 2001: A Space Odyssey , Planet of the Apes , and Transformers .
A retelling of the movie with some key differences to set up the series. The primary changes are that Lone Starr retains the ring of the Schwartz and he does not turn out to be a prince. Thus, Vespa instead decides to stay single since she cannot marry him. Note: This marked the final acting performance of Dom DeLuise before his death in May 2009.
Spaceballs: Mel Brooks June 24, 1987 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer $38,119,483: Comic science fiction: 58% [9] 1989: The Fly II: Chris Walas: February 10, 1989 20th Century Fox $38,903,179: Science-fiction body horror 27% [10] 1991: Life Stinks: Mel Brooks July 26, 1991 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer $4,102,526: Comedy drama: 18% [11] 1992: The Vagrant ...
Spaceballs is a fully insane Mel Brooks comedy, running at warp speed. Even if it’s not his best movie, it’s hard to make a space movie list without including the best space comedy of all time ...
Acting in several comedy films, in particular three Mel Brooks films High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, and Spaceballs, he starred in the comedy films The Hollywood Knights and Up the Creek. Helberg wrote and starred in the short-lived 1977 syndicated TV series The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show and the 1979 CBS TV series Flatbush.
A “Spaceballs” sequel is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Josh Gad is set to star, and will produce alongside Mel Brooks. Josh Greenbaum will direct the film from a screenplay by Benji ...
If you ever owned a VHS tape, there’s a good chance one of them was Spaceballs.Mel Brooks’s Star Wars parody is a staple comedy of the eighties, featuring the talents of John Candy and Rick ...
George Wyner (born October 20, 1945) is an American film and television actor. [2] Wyner graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 as a drama major and was an in-demand character actor by the early 1970s. [3]