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DVD Spaceballs (Collector's Edition)
Mel Brooks's 1987 parody of the Star Wars trilogy is a jumble of jokes rather than a comic feature, and, predictably, some of those jokes work better than others. The cast, including Brooks in two roles, more or less mimics the principal characters from George Lucas's famous story line, and the director certainly gets a boost from new allies (SCTV graduates Rick Moranis and John Candy) as well as old ones (Dick Van Patten, Dom DeLuise). Watch this and wait for the sporadic inspiration--but don't be surprised if you find yourself yearning for those years when Brooks was a more complete filmmaker (Young Frankenstein). --Tom Keogh
MEL BROOKS is a consistently funny guy. All of his movies have some great laughs scattered throughout. But some of his films, like YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and THE PRODUCERS, are truly excellent films. SPACEBALLS falls in the only sufficient category. there is plenty to laugh at as the STAR WARS Space Opera is parodied, but there is little genius in the story structure or pacing.
Although, too many this film is 'hilarious', I see it as accomplished as a SNL skit. Still, scattered throughout the pre-pubescent and ethnic humor are a couple creative moments. the DVD includes a nice commentary by creator BROOKS and a nice video transfer. And MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU.
A Great Satire!
Enjoyed every minute of it! Felt it should be PG13 for mild cursing and strong sexual inuendos.
My only small regret with this film
I wish they hadn't shown they knew it was all a movie. Airplane the movie did great without letting you know they knew it was a movie. I loved a lot about Spaceballs. Joan Rivers (by voice) providing the Jewish C3PO lady is good. She said a mini-model of that on a chain on QVC. I love the mini Alienesque monster singing "Hello My Baby, Hello My Honey" and so much else too.
Mel Brooks's 1981, three-part comedy--set in the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, and the French Revolution--is pure guilty pleasure. Narrated by Orson Welles and featuring a lot of famous faces in guest appearances (beyond the official cast), the film opens well with Sid Caesar playing a caveman, then moves along to the unlikely but somehow hilarious juxtaposition of Caesar's soldiers (the other Caesar, not Sid) with pot humor, and ends on a dumb-funny note in the French bloodbath. This is a take-it-or-leave-it movie, and it works best if you're in a take-it-or-leave-it mood. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Mel Brooks - Gregory Hines Director(s): Mel Brooks DVD Release Date: Released the 14 August 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Mel Brooks scored his first commercial hit with this raucous Western spoof starring the late Cleavon Little as the newly hired (and conspicuously black) sheriff of Rock Ridge. Sheriff Bart teams up with deputy Jim (Gene Wilder) to foil the railroad-building scheme of the nefarious Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman). The simple plot is just an excuse for a steady stream of gags, many of them unabashedly tasteless, that Brooks and his wacky cast pull off with side-splitting success. The humor is so juvenile and crude that you just have to surrender to it; highlights abound, from the lunkheaded Alex Karras as the ox-riding Mongo to Madeline Kahn's uproarious send-up of Marlene Dietrich as saloon songstress Lili Von Shtupp. Adding to the comedic excess is the infamous campfire scene involving a... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Cleavon Little - Gene Wilder DVD Release Date: Released the 29 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you were to argue that Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein ranks among the top-ten funniest movies of all time, nobody could reasonably dispute the claim. Spoofing classic horror in the way that Brooks's previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns, the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent parody of Universal's classic horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in glorious black and white, Brooks re-created the Frankenstein laboratory using the same equipment from the original Frankenstein (courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid foundation for nonstop comedy. The story, of course, involves Frederick... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Wilder - Marty Feldman - Madeline Kahn Director(s): Mel Brooks DVD Release Date: Released the 14 August 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The quintessential movie spoof that spawned an entire genre of parody films, the original Airplane! still holds up as one of the brightest comedic gems of the '80s, not to mention of cinema itself (it ranked in the top 5 of Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 funniest movies ever made). The humor may be low and obvious at times, but the jokes keep coming at a rapid-fire clip and its targets--primarily the lesser lights of '70s cinema, from disco films to star-studded disaster epics--are more than worthy for send-up. If you've seen even one of the overblown Airport movies then you know the plot: the crew of a filled-to-capacity jetliner is wiped out and it's up to a plucky stewardess and a shell-shocked fighter pilot to land the plane. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Robert Hays - Julie Hagerty - Leslie Nielsen Director(s): Jim Abrahams - David Zucker - Jerry Zucker DVD Release Date: Released the 24 October 2000 This item is currently not available.
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Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that--you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail, with Graham Chapman as the King, Terry Gilliam as his simpleton sidekick Patsy, and the rest of the Python gang filling out a variety of outrageous roles. The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention, but once you've seen Arthur's outrageously bloody encounter... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Graham Chapman - John Cleese - Eric Idle Director(s): Terry Jones DVD Release Date: Released the 23 October 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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