{"id":5810,"date":"2012-06-27T13:46:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=5810"},"modified":"2012-06-27T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:47:18","slug":"vids-spaceballs-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=5810","title":{"rendered":"Vids: Spaceballs 25th Anniversary Edition Lands in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

The farce is strong in the \u201cuproarious salute to science fiction\u201d (The Hollywood Reporter) when SPACEBALLS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION blasts off on Blu-ray\"\"<\/a> August 7 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Comedy legend Mel Brooks leads an all-star cast of cutups including John Candy (Splash), Rick Moranis (Ghostbusters) and Bill Pullman (Ruthless People).<\/p>\n

When the evil Dark Helmet (Moranis) attempts to steal all the air from planet Druidia, a determined Druish Princess (Daphne Zuniga), a clueless rogue (Pullman) and a half-man\/
\nhalf-dog creature who’s his own best friend (Candy) set out to stop him. But with the forces of darkness closing in on them at ludicrous speed, they’ll need the help of a wise imp named Yogurt (Brooks) and the mystical power of “The Schwartz” to bring peace and merchandising rights to the entire galaxy!<\/p>\n

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment combed the desert to bring fans an all-new featurette for the SPACEBALLS: 25TH ANNIVESARY EDITION Blu-ray entitled \u201cFarce Yourself! Spaceballs and the Skroobing of Sci-Fi.\u201d Mel Brooks takes fans on a guided tour into the making of the SPACEBALLS saga, exploring the film\u2019s inspiration, its production, visual effects (including the sizzling creation of \u201cPizza the Hut\u201d), how the film directly tears down the adventurous (Star Wars), the scary serious (Alien) and even the apocalyptic (Planet of the Apes) in his own uninhibited way and its epic status as Mel Brooks\u2019 most successful and beloved fan favorite film. Additional bonus features include commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, still galleries, trailers, film bloopers and more.<\/p>\n

Five Hours of Blu-ray Special Features<\/p>\n

NEW!! Farce Yourself! Spaceballs and the Skroobing of Sci-Fi featurette
\nCommentary by Mel Brooks
\nAdditional Commentary Tracks:
\nMawgese
\nDinkese
\nSpaceballs: The Documentary featurette
\nIn Conversation: Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan featurette
\nJohn Candy: Comic Spirit featurette
\nWatch the Movie in Ludicrous Speed featurette
\nStill Galleries:
\nSpaceballs: The Behind-the-Movie Photos
\nSpaceballs: The Costume Gallery
\nSpaceballs: The Art Gallery
\nTrailers
\nExhibitor Trailer with Mel Brooks Introduction
\nTheatrical Trailer
\nFilm Flubs:
\nEdge of the Mirror
\nGrabs Himself Early
\nThe Magic Reappearing Ring
\nMore Than His Head
\nNo End in Sight
\nTrack Behind Dot
\nStoryboards-to-Film Comparison<\/p>\n

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The farce is strong in the \u201cuproarious salute to science fiction\u201d (The Hollywood Reporter) when SPACEBALLS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION blasts off on Blu-ray August 7 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Comedy legend Mel Brooks leads … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1892,1885,31,1890,14,1889,1887,1891,1886,1888,1893],"class_list":["post-5810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vids","tag-barf","tag-bill-pullman","tag-comedy","tag-dark-helmet","tag-james","tag-joan-rivers","tag-john-candy","tag-lonestar","tag-mel-brooks","tag-star-wars-parody","tag-the-schwartz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5820,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810\/revisions\/5820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}