Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction film co written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks.  The film begins on Planet Spaceball ruled by President Skroob (Mel Brooks) has wasted all of its air and is desperate to find more,  his plan to extract all the air from planet Druidia.  They plan to kidnap Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) who is about to marry the narcoleptic Prince Valium,  set against the marriage Princess Vespa runs off the altar with her Droid of Honor Dot Matrix (voiced by Joan Rivers) and escapes into space where she is attacked by Spaceballs under the command of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis).    King Roland (Dick Van Patten) Vespa’s father calls Captain Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his mawg (half man half dog) sidekick Barf (John Candy) and asks them to rescue his daughter from the spaceballs and bring her back home.  They agree to do this only for a million space bucks which will pay off their debt to Pizza the Hutt (voiced by Dom DeLuise).   King Roland agrees and Lone Starr and Barf save Princess Vespa and Dot Matrix from Dark Helmet by literally jamming the radar on their flagship Spaceball One and then escaping by entering light speed.   Spaceball One pursues by attempting to go faster but end up traveling at ludicrous speed and overshoots Lone Starr and the Princess.  When Lone Starr exits light speed the heroes realize they have run out of fuel and crash land on the desert Planet MoonaVega.   There they meet Yogurt (Mel Brooks) who introduces Lone Starr to The Schwartz and teaches him how to use it,  However Spaceball One has discovered their location by using an instant cassette of the movie.  Using the Schwartz Dark Helmet tricks Vespa into thinking he´s her father and captures her again and takes her back to planet Spaceball and forces her father to reveal the entry code to planet Druidia’s atmosphere.   Lone Starr and Barf rescue the Princess again and head back to planet Druidia upon arriving at Planet Druidia they witness Spaceball One transform into Mega Maid with a vacuum cleaner and begins to extract the air from the planet Druidia.   Lone Starr uses his Schwartz ring to reverse the procedure and then enters Mega Maid through her ear to the central brain area of the ship to activate the self destruct button.   Lone Starr is about to press the self destruct button when Dark Helmet appears and challenges him to fight,  they begin to duel using light saber like weapons emanating from their Schwartz rings.  Dark Helmet tricks Lone Starr into losing his ring defenseless Lone Starr hears Yogurts voice convincing him he doesn’t need the ring to use the Schwartz.   Using Yogurts advice Lone Starr summons a mirror to reflect Dark Helmets attack and inadvertently press the self destruct button, causing chaos aboard the ship as Mega Maid counts down to self destruction.   The heroes then escape as Dark Helmet, President Skroob and Col Sandurz fail to make it to any of the escape pods in time look on in horror.  The resulting explosion causes the three along with parts of Mega Maid to crash land on a neighboring planet much to the horror of its residents.   Lone Starr returns the Princess to Druidia and leaves without taking the agreed payment of one million space bucks after learning that Pizza the Hut ate himself to death.   After leaving a space cafe after an alien bursts from the stomach of a customer Lone Starr offers a snack to Barf who is still hungry he looks in the glove compartment he finds a fortune cookie put there by Yogurt he brakes it open and Yogurt appears and tells Lone Starr that the medallion around his neck means that he is a real life Prince after hearing this Lone Starr returns to planet Druidia in time to interrupt the marriage between Prince Valium and Princess Vespa and asks Princess Vespa to marry him instead, she agrees and they live happily ever after.

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks is an American film director and actor his film include Putney Swope (1969), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), The Muppet Movie (1979), History of the World: Part I (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993), The Little Rascals (1994) and Dracula Dead and Loving It (1995).  His films as a director include The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World: Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993) and Dracula Dead and Loving It (1995).

John Candy

John Candy was a American actor his films include Class of 44 (1973), It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975), Tunnel Vision (1976), The Clown Murders (1976), Find the Lady (1976), The Silent Partner (1978), 1941 (1979), The Blues Brothers (1980), Stripes (1981), National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Splash (1984), Brewster’s Millions (1985), Summer Rental (1985), Volunteers (1985), Armed and Dangerous (1986), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Planes Trains & Automobiles (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989), Uncle Buck (1989), Home Alone (1990), Delirious (1991), JFK (1991), Rookie of the Year (1993), Cool Running’s (1993), Wagons East! (1994) and Canadian Bacon (1995).  In 1994 while on location in Durango, Mexico John Candy died in his sleep aged 43.

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis is a retired Canadian actor his films include Strange Brew (1983), The Wild Life (1984), Ghostbusters (1984), Brewster’s Millions (1985), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Ghostbusters II (1989), Parenthood (1989), Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989), L.A Story (1991), Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Splitting Heirs (1993), Little Giants (1994), The Flintstones (1994), Honey I Shrunk the Audience (1994), Big Bully (1996) and Honey We Shrunk Ourselves (1997).   In 2003 and 2006 he lent his voice to the animated films Brother Bear and Brother Bear 2.

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman is an American actor his films include Ruthless People (1986), Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Cold Feet (1989), Brain Dead (1990), Going Under (1990), Liebestraum (1991), A League of Their Own (1992), Singles (1992), Sommersby (1993), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Malice (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Casper (1995), Independence Day (1996), Mistrial (1996), Lost Highway (1997), Lake Placid (1999), The Guilty (2000), Ignition (2001), 29 Palms (2002), Rick (2003), The Grudge (2004), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Alien Autopsy (2006) and Surveillance (2008).  On May 24 2008 Pullman was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Massachusetts,  Amherst where he received his graduate degree.

Daphne Zuniga

Daphne Zuniga is an American actress best known for her role as Jo Reynolds on the FOX primetime soap Melrose Place.  Her films include The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982), The Initiation (1984), Vision Quest (1985), The Sure Thing (1985), Modern Girls (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Last Rites (1988), The Fly II (1989), Staying Together (1989), Gross Anatomy (1989), Prey of the Chameleon (1992), Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993), Cityscrapes Los Angeles (1994), Naked in the Cold Sun (1997) and Artificial Lies (2000).   She has appeared in TV series such as Melrose Place, Spin City, The Outer Limits, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, Nip/Tuck and  One Tree Hill.

George Wyner

George Wyner is an American actor he is probably best known for his role as ADA Bernstein on the series Hill Street Blues.  His films include Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Airport 1975 (1974), All the President’s Men (1976), The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978), My Favorite Year (1982), Fletch (1985), Wildcats (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Fletch Lives (1989), Listen to Me (1989), The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991), The Devil’s Advocate (1997), The Postman (1997), American Pie 2 (2001), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Domino One (2005) and Shattered! (2008).   He has appeared in TV series such as Ironside, Columbo, Hawaii Five O, Charlie’s Angels, The Rockford Files, Kojak, M*A*S*H, The A Team, The Fall Guy, Hill Street Blues, Walker Texas Ranger, NYPD Blue, Stargate SG-1 and Shark.

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise was an American actor his films include Fail Safe (1964), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Norwood (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975), Silent Movie (1976), The Muppet Movie (1979), Fatso (1980), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Cannonball Run II (1984), Johnny Dangerously (1984), Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), Almost Pregnant (1992), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), The Silence of the Hams (1994), Baby Geniuses (1999) and It’s All About You (2001).   He has lent his voice to many animated films over the years including All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), An American Tail Fievel Goes West (1991), All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), An American Tail The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998), An American Tail The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999) and Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (2006) and in Spaceballs (1987) he provided the voice for Pizza the Hut.

Tim Russ

Tim Russ is an American actor he is probably best known for his role on Star Trek Voyager as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok.  His films include Crossroads (1986), Fire with Fire (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Death Wish 4 The Crackdown (1987), Pulse (1988), Bird (1988), Eve of Destruction (1991), Night Eyes II (1992), Mr Saturday Night (1992), Dead Connection (1994), Star Trek Generations (1994), East of Hope Street (1998), The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (2005), The Oh in Ohio (2006), Unbeatable Harold (2006) and Die Hard 4.0 (2007).   He has appeared in TV series such as Amazing Stories, Starman, Hill Street Blues, The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, Alien Nation, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Star Trek The Next Generation, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Without a Trace.

John Hurt

John Hurt is an English actor his films include The Wild and the Willing (1962), This Is My Street (1963), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Spaceballs (1987), The Field (1990), King Ralph (1991), Rob Roy (1995), Wild Bill (1995), Contact (1997), Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001), Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001), Hellboy (2004), V for Vendetta (2006) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).   His Tv appearances include Z Cars, The Sweeney and The Storyteller.

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