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Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Daphne Zuniga, with the supporting cast including Dick Van…
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Released in 1987 and directed by Mel Brooks, Spaceballs is both a parody of Star Wars and a giant comedy celebration of science fiction in general. Brooks takes the biggest sci-fi tropes imaginable and turns them into nonstop absurdity, but the movie succeeds because it understands the material it is making fun of. Good parody usually comes from genuine affection, and you can feel that throughout the film. Bill Pull…More
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Released in 1987 and directed by Mel Brooks, Spaceballs arrived at a time when Star Wars had completely reshaped pop culture. Instead of trying to compete with that world, Brooks did what he always did best—he parodied it. But like all strong parodies, Spaceballs works because it is not just mocking science fiction. It actually understands and loves the genre. Mel Brooks directs and also appears in the film as both…More
Hello film lovers, /Bonjour les cinéphiles, We're still on Netflix for this film, which dates back to 1987! It's a parody of Star Wars, by Mel Brooks, lasting 1 hour and 32 minutes. I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but I recognised the characters from having seen bits of SW. > Nous sommes toujours sur Netflix pour ce film qui date de 1987 ! > > Il s'agit d'une parodie de Star Wars, par Mel Brooks, d'une durée d'1h32. >…More
Careers of many great film makers often reach point that cinephiles and fans would later wish to be the last, because afterwards follows inevitable and embarrassing decline. In case of Mel Brooks such point was his 1987 science fiction parody *Spaceballs*. The title refers to planet Spaceball, which has under leadership of incompetent President Scroob (played by Mel Brooks) exhausted its reserves of fresh air. This…More
Mel Brooks is a one of a kind director. Even if his output has been varying considerably in quality, he manages to now and again hit the jackpot with his trademark screwball humor. There are four big ones in my Brooks catalog; "Springtime for Hitler", "Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles" and "Spaceballs". This late, great space parody takes on primarily Star Wars, but also reference Alien and Star Trek (?). .png)…More