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Spaceballs

Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis…

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Box office
$40.3 million
Budget
$22.7 million
Cinematography
Nick McLean
Country
United States
Directed by
Mel Brooks
Distributed by
MGM/UA Communications Co.

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Plot

Cast

Production

Music

Reception and legacy

Home media

In other media

Props

Animated series

Sequel

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Spaceballs

Nodes133
Edges132
Triples266
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
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Spaceballs

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related to Cast · 99
Spaceballs → Additional, Alien, Antonio Hoyos, Arnold, Arturo Gil, Barf, Bevis, Bill, Bill Pullman, Brenda Strong, Brooks, Bryan O'Byrne, Bullock, Charlene, Colonel Sandurz, Commanderette Zircon, Corey Burton, Dark Helmet, DeLuise, DeLuise's
related to Sequel · 24
Spaceballs → Anthony Carrigan, April, Benji Samit, Bill Pullman's, Brooks, Dan Hernandez, Destiny, Gad, Imagine Entertainment, It, Josh Gad, Josh Greenbaum, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman, Lone Starr's, MGM, Moranis, Produced, Pullman, Starburst
related to Production · 22
Spaceballs → According, Brooks, Brooks's, Dark Helmet, Darth Vader, Even, George Lucas, However, In, Lucas, Lucas's, Mel Brooks, Merchandising, No, Rick Moranis, Spaceballs-branded, Star Wars, Then, When Brooks, Yogurt
related to Plot · 17
Spaceballs → Barf, Desperate, Dot Matrix, Druidia, Hutt, In, King Roland, Lone Starr, Meanwhile, On Druidia, Pizza, President Skroob, Prince Valium, Princess Vespa, Skroob, Starr, Vespa
related to In other media · 16
Spaceballs → American, Barf, Convention, Dark Helmet, George Lucas, In, Jovial Bob Stine, June, Mel Brooks, Moranis, Robot Chicken, Ronny Graham, Star Wars, Stine, The Goldbergs, Thomas Meehan
related to Critical reception · 15
Spaceballs → At, Audiences, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, CinemaScore, Gene Siskel, Mel Brooks, Metacritic, On, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Star Wars, The, There's, Variety
related to Home media · 15
Spaceballs → April, Blu-ray, Brooks, DVD, February, Kino Lorber, LaserDisc, May, On August, The, The VHS, This, Thomas Meehan, Ultra HD Blu-ray, VHS
has impact · 11
Spaceballs → In, Insane Mode, Light Speed, Ludicrous, Ludicrous Mode, Ludicrous Speed, Plaid Mode, Plaid Speed, Ridiculous Speed, Tesla, The
Starring · 8
Spaceballs → Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Joan Rivers, John Candy, Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis
related to Animated series · 6
Spaceballs → Canada, G4, September, Super Channel, The Animated Series, US

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film brooks starr helmet released moranis pullman zuniga barf vespa planet mel john rick wyner lone skroob schwartz star also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SpaceballsBox office$40.3 million1.00infobox
SpaceballsBudget$22.7 million1.00infobox
SpaceballsCinematographyNick McLean1.00infobox
SpaceballsCountryUnited States1.00infobox
SpaceballsDirected byMel Brooks1.00infobox
SpaceballsDistributed byMGM/UA Communications Co.1.00infobox
SpaceballsEdited byConrad Buff IV1.00infobox
SpaceballsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
SpaceballsMusic byJohn Morris1.00infobox
SpaceballsProduced byMel Brooks1.00infobox
SpaceballsProduced byEzra Swerdlow1.00infobox
SpaceballsProduction companiesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer1.00infobox
SpaceballsProduction companiesBrooksfilms1.00infobox
SpaceballsRelease dateJune 24, 1987 (1987-06-24)1.00infobox
SpaceballsRunning time96 minutes1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringMel Brooks1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringJohn Candy1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringRick Moranis1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringBill Pullman1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringDaphne Zuniga1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringDick Van Patten1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringGeorge Wyner1.00infobox
SpaceballsStarringJoan Rivers1.00infobox
SpaceballsWritten byMel Brooks1.00infobox
SpaceballsWritten byThomas Meehan1.00infobox
SpaceballsWritten byRonny Graham1.00infobox
Spaceballsis a1987 American space opera parody film co-produced0.90text

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