Wed 30-Jun Spaceballs (1987)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs

Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera comedy 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, and the Planet of the Apes. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy and Rick Moranis, with the supporting cast comprising Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Lorene Yarnell, and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film also features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo appearances.

Not Mel Brooks' funniest film. His record is good and bad. (Young Frankenstein v Blazing saddles for instance...)

 Also 10 years too late. Star Wars came out a decade before it....

ABM Rating 1.2/3

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Mel Brooks' career

 Film director

• The Producers (1967)
• 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)
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Film producer

• The Elephant Man (1980; uncredited)
• To Be or Not to Be (1983)
• 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
• The Producers (2005)

TV series creator 

• Get Smart (1965–1970)
• When Things Were Rotten (1975)
• The Nutt House (1989)
• Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008–2009)

Musicals written   

• Shinbone Alley (1957)
• All-American (1962)
• The Producers (2001)
• Young Frankenstein (2007)