Spaceballs

About Spaceballs

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."

Spaceballs (1987) is a comedy science fiction film directed by Mel Brooks. Released in June 1987, it runs 96 minutes.

The film is filed under parody, spoof, space travel, and android.

Bill Pullman stars as Lone Starr, Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet, Mel Brooks as President Skroob, and John Candy as Barf. The screenplay is by Mel Brooks and Ronny Graham. It was produced by Brooksfilms and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. American members can watch it on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Star Wars, and Alien make useful companions to Spaceballs, all filed under laser gun. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 3,581 votes and it carries a PG rating.