Spaceballs
May the farce be with you.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$22 700 000
Box office
$38 119 483
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Mel Brooks, Ezra Swerdlow
Camera operator
Nick McLean
Composer
Artist
Terence Marsh, Dianne Wager
Audition
Lynn Stalmaster, Bill Shepard, David Rubin
Editing
Conrad Buff IV
Whole Team (72)
Whole Team (72)
Short description
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
What's left behind the scenes
- When President Scrub meets the twins, he tells them to “chew their gum.” This is a reference to a Doublemint gum commercial that also featured twins.
- The president's last name is an anagram of the last name of the actor who played the role and the film's director, Mel Brooks.
- Mel Brooks wrote the screenplay for the film in six months. Before making a parody of "Star Wars," he asked George Lucas for permission to do so. Lucas, being a big fan of Brooks' work, read the script and approved it.
- George Lucas' company, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), specifically made the laser swords for this film.
- The scene in which Dark Helmet plays with dolls was not in the script. This idea came to Mel Brooks on set. When he told Moranis about it, he played the entire episode through full improvisation.
- Barf's costume was operated by three people. Candy manipulated the tail using a device hidden in his "paw," and two assistants moved the ears. The costume was connected to a 30-pound battery pack located on Candy's back.
- The buckle on Colonel Sandurtz's belt is shaped like a Nobel Prize.
- In one scene, all of Mel Brooks' films made up to that point are visible on a shelf of VHS tapes.
- During the transformation of 'Cosmobe 1' into Megagornish Lord Helm commands: 'Begin metamorphosis, password "Kafka"' – this is an allusion to Franz Kafka's story 'The Metamorphosis'.
- Three people operated the Barf costume. Candy manipulated the tail using a device hidden in its paw, while two assistants moved the ears. The costume was connected to a 30-pound battery located on Candy’s back.
- In one episode, Lone Starr states that he was born "somewhere in the Ford Galaxy." This phrase is a playful reference to a car model with a similar name (Ford Galaxie 500).
- When Barf, preparing to rescue Princess Vespa with Lone Starr, looks through the periscope, Cyrillic letters can be seen among the changing symbols, including the words "PES-KOT" and "X-U-I69".
- Mel Brooks wrote the screenplay in six months. Before making a parody of Star Wars, he asked George Lucas for permission. Lucas, being a great fan of Brooks' work, read the script and approved it.
- George Lucas' company, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), created the lightsabers specifically for this film.
- The scene in which Dark Helmet plays with dolls was not in the script. Mel Brooks came up with the idea on set. When he told Moranisi about it, the actor improvised the entire episode.
- Barf's costume was operated by three people. Candy manipulated the tail using a device hidden in his paw, while two assistants operated the ears. The costume was connected to a 30-pound battery located on Candy's back.
- In one of the scenes, a shelf of videocassettes contains all of Mel Brooks' films released up to that point.
- During the transformation of 'Cosmoball 1' into the Mega-Maid, Lord Helmet commands: 'Begin metamorphosis, password "Kafka"' — this is an allusion to Franz Kafka's short story 'The Metamorphosis'.
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