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Spaceballs

1987, Movie, PG, 96 mins

Spaceballs: Review

Vaudeville pratfalls, sight gags, and ribald one-liners have always been producer-director Mel Brooks's mainstay. Here the jokes are tossed haphazardly from Brooks's gag bag and roll out ineffectively in a spoof of the "Star Wars" films. The plot, such as it is, offers pretty princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga), daughter of kindly King Roland (Dick Van Patten), as a kidnap victim of evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). Space adventurer Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his sidekick, Barf... read more leave a comment

Spaceballs: Cast & Details

Year: 1987
Rated PG

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Cast
Mel Brooks: President Skroob/Yogurt
John Candy: Barf the Mawg, Copilot
Rick Moranis: Lord Dark Helmet
Bill Pullman: Lone Starr, Space Bum
Daphne Zuniga: Princess Vespa
Dick Van Patten: King Roland, Ruler of Druidia

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Spaceballs: TV Guide News

Daphne Zuniga Takes on Tree Hill's Vicious Victoria | Today's News: Our Take | 9/15/2008
The CWs One Tree Hill Mondays at 9 pmET has had its fair share of villains and the newest bit of evil to take the town by storm is Victoria Davis played by Daphne Zuniga We caught up with the former Melrose Place resident to see if viewers might ever see Victorias softer side and preview how she and her Spaceballs co-stars will be reuniting on the small screen Robyn RossTVGuideCom Had you seen Tree Hill before getting cast as VictoriaDaphne Zuniga No they sent me tapes and I watched some previous episodes which I thought were great Even though its about high school it felt really smart and emotionally mature so it really interested me Then I got on the phone with [series creator] Mark [Schwahn] and we had this great interaction as he described this character I love supporting women and body image so at first I thought that would be my character but no thats [Brooke] and Im the antithesis of that I thought that as long as the message is getting across read more
Spaceballs Finds Its G4 Spot | Today's News: Our Take | 9/21/2006
Long rumored to be in the works, Mel Brooks is officially developing his 1987 feature comedy, Spaceballs, as an animated series for the G4 cable network, to premiere in fall 2007. Brooks will voice two characters in the show, says the Hollywood Reporter, and cowrote the pilot with Thomas Meehan. read more

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