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  1. Spaceballs: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman. A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.

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    • Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
    • Mel Brooks
    • 1987-06-24
  2. Oct 3, 2023 · Spaceballs is a cult-classic science fiction parody film that was released in 1987. Directed by Mel Brooks, the movie takes a hilarious and satirical approach to spoofing popular sci-fi films, particularly the Star Wars franchise. With its witty and irreverent humor, Spaceballs has become a beloved film for fans of both science fiction and ...

  3. Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It is a parody primarily of 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.

    • Third Degree Burns Were Experienced by The Actor Playing Pizza The Hut
    • It Was The Most Expensive Movie That Mel Brooks Ever Produced
    • Approval For Spaceballs Was Given by A Star Wars Master
    • Various A-List Actors Turned Down The Role of Lonestar
    • It Was Supposed to Be called Planet Moron
    • Star Wars Prequels Inspire Spaceballs: The Animated Series
    • A Novelization Was Written by A Goosebumps Author
    • There Was No Merchandising
    • Cameo Actor Michael Winslow Helped Cut Production Costs
    • The Millennium Falcon Had A Cameo

    Mel Brooks wanted the Pizza the Hut suit to look as realistic as possible. In order for this to happen, hot artificial melted cheese was used for the costume. The plus side to this was that it looked extremely realistic, as well as slightly disturbing. The downside side, however, was that it resulted in the actor wearing the suit receiving second a...

    Despite the hilarious stories concerning how Brooks cut corners on set to make his movie a reality, it was still the most expensive movie he has ever made to date. A large part of the budget went to post-productions costs, which allegedly costed approximately 5 million dollars. Why the exorbitant high costs, you might wonder. Well, Brooks respected...

    Mel Brooks is a comedian who loves to make fun of the world, but he’s also a fan of Star Wars. Because of this, he sought after the approval of George Lucas himself before he he began producing Spaceballs. Not only did Lucas give his consent to Brooks to make the film, but he also found the idea hilarious and applauded Mel Brooks for a job well don...

    Going after the biggest names in Hollywood won’t always guarantee the making of a blockbuster. However, the practice of doing so has been around for decades and doesn’t seem to be dying down anytime soon. Mel Brooks originally asked Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks to play the role of Lonestar. However, both immediately turned him down. Bill Pullman was ne...

    Mel Brooks loves to title his movies in a simplistic manner. An example of this is his latest spoof, as well as Blazing Saddles andHistory of the World Part 1. Thankfully, his original title idea for the movie, which was Planet Moron, for this classic Star Wars spoof was spoiled from the very beginning. A British comedy film released in 1985 called...

    When George Lucas digitally re-mastered the original trilogy and released the Star Wars prequels, a revival of all things Star Wars related took place. This included a whole new generation discovering Spaceballs. Brooks wanted to make another movie, but questioned whether or not he could pull it off with a “screwball” movie budget. So instead, he c...

    Every great movie gets a book adaptation, but Brooks wasn’t willing to settle for just any author. R. L. Stine wasn’t a household name yet since his Goosebumps books wouldn’t be released until 1995. However, his ghost writing name Jovial Bob Stine had just released a novelization to the first Ghostbusters movie. Mel Brooks liked what he saw and had...

    Per an agreement set between Mel Brooks and George Lucas, Brooks agreed not to sell any merchandise (the novel was the only exception). This was primarily set in place since Lucas was still raking in millions of dollars through mostly toy sales at the time. Yet, even though Mel Brooks agreed to the no selling of merchandise clause, he never agreed ...

    Michael Winslow’s cameo saved over a thousand dollars in production costs. He was able to help the team by doing what he does best: making weird noises while playing the role of a radar tech. Best known at the time for starring in all eight Police Academymovies, Winslow created various radar sounds in a short beat with Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet. ...

    Prior to the classic scene with a cameo from John Hurt, in which he does a parody skit on the film Alien(which he starred in), there’s a shot of the parking lot outside the space dinner. Lonestar and Barf are pulling into the lot and directly across from where them and the dinner is the Millennium Falcon. Perhaps Han and Chewie had already finished...

    • IT WASN'T THE FIRST STAR WARS PARODY FILM. YouTube. Amateur filmmaker Ernie Fosselius was so enamored with Star Wars in 1977 that he cobbled together a 12-minute short, Hardware Wars, which he shot for just $8000 in an abandoned laundromat.
    • MEL BROOKS WANTED TO CALL IT PLANET MORON. In the commissary at the 20 Century Fox lot in 1984, Brooks was sitting down to eat when a studio executive abruptly asked what his next project was going to be.
    • GEORGE LUCAS GAVE HIS (CONDITIONAL) BLESSING. Satire is generally exempt from litigation, but Brooks was an admirer of Lucas’s work and wanted to get his permission before starting on the movie.
    • IT WAS SHOT OVER A GIANT SWIMMING POOL. Michael Winslow, best known as the “sound effects guy” from the Police Academy series, said in 2012 that Spaceballs was shot on the MGM lot in Culver City, California.
  4. 5 hours ago · Spaceballs 2 is directed by Will & Harper ’s Josh Greenbaum, who is also known for Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and the R-rated dog-comedy, Strays. Not much is known about the project, but ...

    • 3 min
    • Josh Rosenberg
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