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Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction spoof movie written, starring and directed by Mel Brooks.
Plot
Planet Spaceball has foolishly wasted all of their air, and is desperate to find more. President Skroob and his top military leader, Dark Helmet (along with his aide Colonel Sandurz), devise a plan to kidnap Princess Vespa and extort Planet Druidia into giving the Spaceballs all of their air.
Meanwhile, King Roland hires mercenaries Captain Lone Starr and Barf, who are desperate for money, to get Princess Vespa back to Druidia, so that she can marry Prince Valium. They are helped by the wise alien sage known as Yoghurt and the mysterious power he possesses, called the Schwartz.
In the end Lone Starr and Barf are able to rescue the princess, destroy the Spaceballs' spaceship, and get the Druidian air back. At the very end, of course, Lone Starr and Vespa get married. As for Skroob, Dark Helmet, and Col. Sandurz, they survive and land on the planet of the Apes.
The plot is kept simple so that the maximum number of jokes possible can be packed in. The majority of the scenes and characters are parodies of Star Wars, although it parodies other movies as well. The most notable are Star Trek, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wizard of Oz, Planet of the Apes, Rambo, and Alien (with John Hurt reprising his famous scene from that movie). The film also mocks various aspects of 1980s culture, including fast food, action figures, and merchandising.
Some critics pointed out that since timing is the essence of comedy it was odd that Brooks should have waited ten years to spoof Star Wars, though his supporters say that he wanted to wait until the entire trilogy was available for mocking.
There is a sequel of Spaceballs, due to come out in 2005. Its current title is "Untitled Spaceballs Sequel". However, in Spaceballs Yoghurt announces that the sequel will be named Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
Cast
See Also
Astropolis
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