Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mel Brooks | ... | President Skroob / Yogurt | |
John Candy | ... | Barf | |
Rick Moranis | ... | Dark Helmet | |
Bill Pullman | ... | Lone Starr | |
Daphne Zuniga | ... | Princess Vespa | |
Dick Van Patten | ... | King Roland | |
George Wyner | ... | Colonel Sandurz | |
Michael Winslow | ... | Radar Technician | |
Joan Rivers | ... | Dot Matrix (voice) | |
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Lorene Yarnell Jansson | ... | Dot Matrix (as Lorene Yarnell) |
John Hurt | ... | John Hurt | |
Sal Viscuso | ... | Radio Operator | |
Ronny Graham | ... | Minister | |
Jim J. Bullock | ... | Prince Valium (as JM J. Bullock) | |
Leslie Bevis | ... | Commanderette Zircon |
On the peaceful planet Druidia, King Roland attempts to marry his daughter Princess Vespa to Prince Valium, but Vespa and her loyal droid Dot Matrix escape during her wedding. After wasting the fresh air on the distant planet Spaceball, the good-for-nothing President Skroob orders the archvillain henchman Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa to force King Roland to provide them with the code to Druidia's atmosphere. Under those circumstances, the seasoned mercenary Lone Starr and his trusty half-human, half-canine sidekick Barf will attempt to save the Princess in distress, while at the same time, the ruthless loan-shark Pizza the Hutt is after them. But in the end, only he who can harness the mystical and mighty force known only as "The Schwartz" will be able to save the day. Written by Nick Riganas
This movie can be absolutely hilarious, if you are in the right mood for it. If you didn't liked this movie, then you probably weren't in the right mood, because there is no way you can dislike and find this movie unfunny.
Most fun thing about the movie is Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet who is the complete opposite in every way of the ultimate bad guy from the entire universe; Darth Vader, especially in size. Like almost every other Mel Brook's movie this movie has some extreme hits and some extreme misses, by seriously it all is just a matter of taste. What might seem funny for some is unfunny to others and vice versa.
The acting is over the top and quite bad actually especially Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga. Thank goodness that the sidekicks are the better and funnier characters in this movie, characters with poetic names such as Barf, Colonel Sandurz, Major Asshole, Yogurt and Pizza the Hutt.
The movie suffers from some horrible eighties songs, the curse of almost every eighties movies these days, other than that, there isn't much negative to say about his movie even though it is far from Brook's best.
7/10
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