Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks. It was released on June 24, 1987, and earned only modest returns, but has gone on to become a seminal cult classic on video. The movie received a PG rating from the MPAA.
Its plot and characters contain numerous parodies of elements primarily from the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as Star Trek and other popular science fiction films. The scrip...
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Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks. It was released on June 24, 1987, and earned only modest returns, but has gone on to become a seminal cult classic on video. The movie received a PG rating from the MPAA.
Its plot and characters contain numerous parodies of elements primarily from the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as Star Trek and other popular science fiction films. The script was written by Mel Brooks in only six months, and was approved by George Lucas, as he was a big fan of Brooks's previous films. Special effects were done by Apogee, Inc.
On June 4, 2008, an animated sequel TV series premiered on Super Channel in Canada, and in the United States on September 21, 2008 on G4. Spaceballs was released on Blu-ray disc on June 16, 2009.
Planet Spaceball, led by President Skroob, has wasted all of its air and, desperate to find more, plans the extraction of all the air from planet Druidia. They plan to kidnap the...
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