Spaceballs (1987) watch online HD

The Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars saga makes a cameo appearance in this movie. Given a close look at the exterior shot of the Space Diner, and it can be spotted parked there among the other space vehicles. George Lucas got a chance to read the script before production began, and loved it so much that he decided to have his special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, help make the film.

Of all the many jokes in this film, Mel Brooks says that the two he is most proud of are the running gag about merchandising ("Spaceballs: the Breakfast Cereal", "Spaceballs: The T-Shirt", et cetera), and Colonel Sandurz's renting "Spaceballs" before it was finished.

The scene in which Dark Helmet is playing with his dolls was not in the script. Writer and director Mel Brooks came up with the idea on the set one day and told it to Rick Moranis, who then improvised the entire scene, including the dialogue.

In the DVD audio commentary, Mel Brooks talks about how difficult it was playing the character Yogurt. The gold-colored make-up gave him a terrible rash on his face and neck (necessitating the shooting of all of Yogurt's scenes out of sequence), and his knees were hurting constantly, since he had to walk around on his knees, even though he was wearing kneepads. Brooks also goes on to say that in spite of the difficulties, he enjoyed playing Yogurt tremendously, and that it was all worth it.

In a 2013 television interview (shorty before receiving the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award), Mel Brooks stated that he personally obtained George Lucas' full permission to parody any and all things Star Wars-related but, on one condition, that absolutely no merchandise of any kind be produced from the film. This is the reason why all Yogurt and the Dinks do is merchandising (it is also why none of the merchandise seen in the film was ever mass produced or publicly sold in any way).

During his scene, Michael Winslow did all of the sound effects. In the commentary for the movie, Mel Brooks jokes that they saved around $1,000 by letting him do this.

John Candy ad-libbed the line "Oh, that's gonna leave a mark" after standing up without undoing his seat belt.

Rick Moranis suggested John Candy for the role of Barf.

In the scene where Dark Helmet is dressed in safari clothes searching for Lone Starr and the others with binoculars, he is on top of a floating vehicle. In reality, the vehicle was not floating, nor suspended on wires of any kind, but it was on top of a platform that was surrounded by mirrors that reflected the sand around it, to give it the appearance of floating.

Mel Brooks came up with the idea for this film when he discovered he had yet to spoof space movies, since he already "destroyed" the western films with Der wilde wilde Westen (1974), made fun of the horror genre with Frankenstein Junior (1974), and gave silent movies the ax with Mel Brooks letzte Verrücktheit - Silent Movie (1976).

The castle on Druidia is King Ludwig II's Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. It has been modified by matte painting with additional ramps. Neuschwanstein Castle has been featured in many motion pictures, and it is the original inspiration for the castle at Disneyland.

The escape pod launch sequence is an unused clip from Krieg der Sterne (1977) provided to Mel Brooks by Lucasfilm.

President Skroob's name is an anagram of Mel Brooks, the man who plays him.

The Barf costume was operated by three people. John Candy operated Barf's tail using a hidden control in his paw, while two assistants each controlled an ear. Candy's costume was powered by a thirty-pound battery that he wore on his back.

According to Mel Brooks, George Lucas loved the film so much, and wrote him a letter after its premiere, saying he thought he was going to bust something from laughing so hard. Lucas also told Brooks had he not chosen to parody Star Wars, Spaceballs would have succeeded as a great adventure film. Brooks said he was extremely flattered by Lucas' compliments and support.

Six complete Dot Matrix suits were built for Lorene Yarnell Jansson to wear, and all of them were used up, due to breakage on-set. For the interior scenes, the feet were outfitted with roller skates, but for the desert exteriors, she was given flat-bottomed shoes. Dot's face was somewhat inspired by Joan Rivers, who had already been contracted to provide the voice.

According to Mel Brooks, this was one of the most expensive movies he had ever made, at $25 million, with Dracula - Tot aber glücklich (1995) a close second at $22 million. By contrast, Frühling für Hitler (1967) cost less than $1 million to produce.

A full face mask resembling a wrinkled bulldog was originally constructed for the character of Barf, but Mel Brooks quipped that "If they were going to hide John Candy behind a mask, he might as well hire someone else for half the price." A nose and upper lip piece was tried next, which Candy approved, but again Brooks did not. They finally settled on animatronic ears connected to a hairpiece, a small nose application, and a patch over one eye, just like the dog "Petey" from the "Our Gang" shorts.

In the DVD audio commentary, Mel Brooks speaks about the various Jewish-related jokes (for example, "Druish Princess", etc.) and how he felt ashamed for putting those jokes in the movie in the first place, but also felt proud for leaving them in the movie.

The scene where Megamaid sucks the atmosphere off the mountain on the planet Druidia is a parody of the Paramount Studios logo.

Spaceballs merchandise shown in the movie include: bed sheet, flame thrower, lunch box, cornflakes, towels, Yogurt figure, toilet paper, shaving cream, place mat, action figures. As part of the fair-use agreement between Mel Brooks and George Lucas, no legitimate Spaceballs merchandise ever existed in the real world. The lunch box and coloring book are simply Transformers (1984) products with a Spaceballs logo stuck on them.

The filmmakers had to replace the original title of this film, "Planet Moron", when they heard about the British science fiction spoof Star Cracks - Die irre Bruchlandung der Außerirdischen (1985). Mel Brooks, Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan went through all the letters of the alphabet to search for a word to add to "Space", which Thomas Meehan suggested. Mel Brooks spilled a drink and shouted, "Balls!" and Ronnie Graham said, "Spaceballs!", which became the film's new and final title, and they came up with the idea that the villains, the Spaceballs, would wear ball-shaped helmets. Ironically, the name of the game of sport that the morons from outer space played in their spaceship, in Star Cracks - Die irre Bruchlandung der Außerirdischen (1985), was "Spaceball". Two years after that movie was released, Mel Brooks' science fiction comedy Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987) launched into theaters.

Spaceballs: The Book, the novelization by R.L. Stine, a.k.a. Jovial Bob Stine, reveals the names of the Dinks to be: Rinky Dink, Blinky Dink, Stinky Dink, Pinky Dink, Finky Dink, and Winky Dink.

The alien that pops out of Sir John Hurt's chest and starts singing "Hello My Baby", and dancing with the hat and cane, is a parody of Michigan J. Frog from Looney Tunes.

James Caan was the original choice to play Lone Starr. Unfortunately, he was struggling with addiction issues at the time. A then unknown Bill Pullman won the role, as Caan was deemed too expensive to insure.

Sir John Hurt claimed that Mel Brooks talked him into self-parodying his role from Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt (1979) by making it sound like it would be a brief walk-on cameo. Only when Hurt came to the set did he realize that the entire scene was an elaborate spoof of the chestburster scene from Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt (1979). Hurt figured that he ought to have asked for a salary.

Pay close attention to Pizza the Hutt's sidekick, Vinnie. You will notice that, as an excellent example of make-up artistry, and an incredible use of shading techniques, Vinnie's metallic look was successfully achieved without any silicone prosthetics whatsoever, relying solely on make-up.

George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic constructed the puppet of the chestburster for the film. The main effects unit for the film was Apogee, Inc. This was the company headed by John Dykstra that split off from Industrial Light & Magic in 1978 when Lucasfilm moved to Marin County. Thus, Spaceballs marked the first time since Krieg der Sterne (1977) that the two units shared work on a single project.

The box for Spaceballs: The Breakfast Cereal says it contains "100% sugar".

The soundstage used for Yogurt's temple was the same one used for the Yellow Brick Road scenes in Der Zauberer von Oz (1939)

When Dark Helmet asks how many assholes they have on board, only one person on the bridge doesn't stand and raise his hand.

When President Skroob meets the Gallup twins, he tells them to "chew their gum". This is a reference to the "Doublemint" commercials featuring twins.

In the scenes on the desert planet, musical references are made to Lawrence von Arabien (1962) and Die Brücke am Kwai (1957), both David Lean films with Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) in prominent roles.

Mel Brooks tried to get either Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks for the role of Captain Lone Starr.

One of the Dinks is played by Tony Cox, who also played an Ewok in Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter (1983).

Steve Martin was the original choice for Colonel Sandurz.

After King Roland gives the combination to the air shield of planet Druidia, and the light goes out and on again, the doctor is seen making out with the nurse. Dark Helmet then tells him to go the golf course and "work on his putts". This is a pun, as "putz" in Hebrew and Yiddish is slang for penis.

When initiating the metamorphosis of Spaceball-1 into the giant maid, Dark Helmet leans towards Colonel Sandurz and asks "Ready, Kafka?" This is a reference to the novella "Die Verwandlung" by Austrian-Hungarian author Franz Kafka, a story about a man who transforms into a giant insect. The most common English translations of said piece are titled "Metamorphosis". The same novel is quoted in Mel Brooks' Frühling für Hitler (1967).

It took Mel Brooks six months to write the script.

In 2015, it was rumored Mel Brooks had expressed in making a long awaited sequel with Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga returning. But some cast members won't be returning such as John Candy, Joan Rivers and Dick Van Patten, who have sadly passed on, and it is uncertain if Rick Moranis will return as Dark Helmet. Moranis has retired from acting, and has not acted since 2006. The sequel may be a parody of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

Along with Caddyshack II (1988), Big (1988), and Beetlejuice (1988), this movie is notable for containing "fuck" in a film rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America during the early years of the PG-13 rating. Interestingly, the original video label erroneously states that the film was rated PG-13.

Tim Russ played the Spaceball trooper in the "comb the desert" scene who says "We ain't found shit!" He later went on to play Tuvok in Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager (1995). Raumschiff Enterprise (1966) is parodied in the film.

"Mr. Rental", the instant-cassette machine on Spaceball One, features VHS tapes of Freitag, der 13. (1980), Rocky (1976), and over a dozen of their "sequels" on the bottom shelf (the spines are fake). The middle shelf features authentic VHS copies of Mel Brooks' films (as of 1987 - the most recent, obviously, being "Spaceballs"). The top shelf features the same tapes from the middle shelf, except with the spines facing forward.

Lone Starr says he was born "somewhere in the Ford Galaxy". This is a double allusion to a model of car produced by the Ford company, the Ford Galaxie 500, and Harrison Ford of the Star Wars saga.

Contrary to rumor, that is not an uncredited Michael York playing an ape. In a 2016 talk at the National Press Club, York said he has unsuccessfully tried to get the credit off his online resumes, but has since given up on that.

Princess Vespa's name is a joke in and of itself: Vespa is the Italian word for a wasp and is also a scooter. In North American slang, the term WASP can connote a white vainglorious person of high breeding. "WASP" stands for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant".

Tesla Motors has used Spaceballs' starship speeds (Light Speed, Ridiculous Speed, Ludicrous Speed, Plaid Speed) as inspiration for naming their acceleration modes. In homage to Spaceballs, Tesla has Ludicrous Mode for acceleration beyond its Insane Mode, and Plaid Mode, and over top Ludicrous.

The voice of the self destruct countdown is that of the film's script supervisor, Julie Pitkanen.

The license plate on Princess Vespa's Mercedes reads "SPOILD ROTTN 1".

"The Schwartz" is more than just a replacement (and near rhyming) title for The Force. Schwartz is the name of Mel's legal representative for the film. This gave the phrase "May the Schwartz be with you" far more significance to the entire production, than just a catchphrase for the film itself.

WILHELM SCREAM: When Barf holds up the curved tubes, deflecting the shots of four of the bad guys back at them, the fourth one screams a Wilhelm as he is shot in the rear.

Colonel Harland Sanders is the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Dark Helmet says "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?!"

In R.L. Stine's novelization of the film, when Lone Starr, Barf, Princess Vespa, and Dot Matrix meet Yogurt in the temple, Barf asks Yogurt if he was the leader of the Red Eye Knights and the possessor of the Force. Yogurt replies that it wasn't him, but Alec Guinness, a Star Wars actor.

Mel Brooks' earlier film Mel Brooks - Die verrückte Geschichte der Welt (1981) ends with a joke suggesting the sequel will be called "Jews in Space".

Mel Brooks often pokes fun at Nazis in his films. In this film, the stunt double that plays Princess Vespa looks like Adolf Hitler.

During the self destruct sequence, when the "cancel self destruct" door is opened, the "Authorized by" line at the bottom has the name ALBIEZ. Peter Albiez was one of the special effects staff.

The blasters used by the Spaceball stormtroopers are actually Calico M100 carbines with a scope attached.

The name Dot Matrix was taken from a type of computer printer which was very popular with personal computers in the 1970s and 1980s, prior to the invention of ink-jet and laser printers.

The starship in the movie's beginning takes one minute and thirty-two seconds to cross the screen. She also has a "We Brake for Nobody" bumper sticker on her.

Daphne Zuniga would later go on to star in Die Fliege II (1989), which Mel Brooks' production company Brooksfilms produced. It was Brooks who suggested to director Chris Walas that Zuniga play the lead.

(At around thirteen minutes) Joan Rivers, as Dot Matrix, says her famous line, "Can we talk?"

The song that the Dinks sing in the desert is the "Colonel Bogey March", which has been used in countless movies and television shows, most famously Die Brücke am Kwai (1957).

In the novelization of the movie, the joke about the radar being jammed, and Lone Starr giving Dark Helmet the raspberry, enlarged with the line: "Lone Starr. He knows I'm allergic to raspberries."

If you look closely, you will see that the coloring book for "Spaceballs: The Coloring Book" is actually a "Transformers" coloring book. Optimus Prime can be seen on the cover.

The "floating" vehicle Dark Helmet rides in during the desert scene is a Volkswagen "Thing", an updated version of the World War II Kubelwagen.

The Spaceball whom Dark Helmet zaps in the groin with his Schwartz ring is called Sergeant Rico. A nod to Juan Rico, the main character of the Robert A. Heinlein science fiction novel "Starship Troopers".

Dark Helmet's tie in resembles a male's genitals.

At the end of the opening scroll of insight, it says "If you can read this, you don't need glasses."

The song Princess Vespa sings in her prison cell is "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", a spiritual from the late 1800s.

Only one "f" word is used in the film, and it said by Dark Helmet when he, President Skroob, and Colonel Sandurz attempt to abort the self destruct sequence.

The film predicted Disney buying Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind the "Star Wars" movies which the film parodies. When the Dinks find and rescue Lone Starr, Princess Vespa, Barf and Dot Matrix in the desert, Lone Starr says "When did we get to Disneyland?".

Jim J. Bullock plays Prince Valium. Valium is a trademark of the drug diazepam. As Valium was prescribed as a sleep medication, the expression "I have a date with Prince Valium" was slang for a person taking the medication and going to bed, and the reference for the character constantly yawning and falling a sleep.

The twins Charlene and Marlene are a nod to the Betty's. A set of twins in Quark (1977), a television series about a garbage ship in space.

In one scene, Barf is seen eating Stovetop Stuffing out of a container while listening to the rock band Bon Jovi.

After production on the film was completed, Daphne Zuniga signed on for Die Fliege II (1989), which [lnik=nm0000316] suggested to director Chris Walas that she play the female lead Beth Logan. The Fly II (1989) was produced and released by 20th Century Fox, which was the production company behind Krieg der Sterne (1977), which Spaceballs (1987) parodies.

Tom Berenger was considered for the role of Captain Lone Starr. He later would appear with Daphne Zuniga (Princess Vespa) in Last Rites - Sakrament des Todes (1988).

Most of the instant cassette tapes are Mel Brooks' movies.

The planet Druidia being surrounded by a planet-enclosing shield was later reused for Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), which, in that film, the planet Scarif is protected by a planet-enclosing shield. Rogue One (2016) is a spin-off of the Star Wars movies, which this film parodies.

Dark Helmet parodies the infamous "I am your father" scene by claiming a tenuous connection to Lone Starr, who is based on Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. In Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Han Solo is revealed to be the father of the new Dark Side villain, Kylo Ren.

Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) is a parody of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Ford later appeared in Aus Mangel an Beweisen (1990). Pullman replaced Ford in the television sequel Der letzte Beweis (2011).

The Ford Galaxy, mentioned by Lone Starr, is a reference to the Ford Galaxie, a well known line of cars marketed by the Ford Motor Company, and a predecessor to the modern Taurus. Coincidentally, the company began marketing the Ford Galaxy minivan in Europe in 1995.

Filming began on October 28, 1986.

Mel Brooks based the many characteristics of Princess Vespa after Dohlman Elaan, ruler of the planet Elas in Raumschiff Enterprise: Elaan of Troyius (1968).

Scarif's planetary shield with single access gate in Star Wars: Rogue One (2016) is a version of Druidia's air shield.

Bill Pullman appeared in Die Reisen des Mr. Leary (1988), directed by Star Wars co-writer Lawrence Kasdan.

In the famous "longest starship in sci-fi movies" where Spaceballs One is first seen, the background music reminds the theme from Jaws.

John Hurt: Parodying his own role from Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt (1979) in the space diner scene.

Mel Brooks: [phony sequel] Plug for the hypothetical sequel "Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money".

Mel Brooks: [cast] Mel Brooks cast himself as President Skroob and Yogurt, and cast Dom DeLuise as the voice of Pizza the Hutt.

Mel Brooks: [music] The music for the film is done by John Morris.

Mel Brooks: [villain] President Skroob has a mustache.

Every time Dark Helmet has his face covered, his voice is lower and more basal, similar to James Earl Jones when he played Darth Vader. He also speaks with an African accent. In the DVD audio commentary, Mel Brooks says that the idea of Dark Helmet's voice changing whenever his face was covered was actually Rick Moranis' idea. Curiously, Moranis' Dark Helmet voice bears resemblance to actor/stuntman David Prowse's actual voice, who physically portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.

The call sign for Lone Starr's Winnebago is Eagle 5. Bill Pullman, the actor who portrayed him, uses the same call sign in his role as the President in Scott Brunt.

The combination to the air shield is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5.

Lone Starr's spaceship is called Eagle 5.