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Spaceballs

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Spaceballs
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PG,1hr 36min
Genres:
Comedy,Sci-Fi
Released:
January 1, 1987
Director:
Mel Brooks
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis  ...more
Synopsis: A space bum helps rescue a princess from an evil overlord with the help of a benevolent elder in this Star Wars send-up written and directed by Mel Brooks. Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog co-pilot, Barf the Mawg (John Candy), are content to scour the galaxy living the easy life. But they reluctantly come to the rescue when Druish Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) is threatened by the evil Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), who wants to steal all of the air from her planet, Druidia. ... Full Synopsis
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Spaceballs has the happy air of a comic enterprise that knows it's going right. It just keeps spritzing the gags at us, Borscht Belt-style, confidently and rightly sensing that if we don't laugh at this one, we'll laugh at the next. And so we do. After a long dry spell, Brooks is back on the money with Spaceballs. [24 Jun 1987, p.33] Full Review
Metascore
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46
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 14 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Mel Brooks
President Skroob, President Skroob/Yogurt, Yogurt
John Candy
Barf the Mawg, Co-Pilot
Rick Moranis
Lord Dark Helmet
Bill Pullman
Lone Starr, Space Bum
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