Spaceballs

all the tropes

Spaceballs (allthetropes.org) Spaceballs is a farcical comedy film directed by Mel Brooks which does for Science Fiction – especially Star Wars – what Blazing Saddles did for The Western.

cast

John Hurt makes a cameo appearance credited as himself, parodying his character Gilbert Kane’s death in the film Alien (1979).

description

Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks.
It is primarily a parody of the original Star Wars trilogy, but also parodies other sci-fi films and popular franchises including Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers.

directed by

Mel Brooks

film of

parody of

quotes

I’m a Mawg. Half-man, half-dog. I’m my own best friend. Barf, Spaceballs
So, Lone Starr, now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb. Dark Helmet, Spaceballs
You idiots! These are not them! You’ve captured their stunt doubles! Captain of the Guard, Spaceballs

random

president of the United States

tags

parody

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q498442

Wikipedia

Spaceballs (Wikipedia)