Product Details

• Actors: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga
• Directors: Mel Brooks
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Castillian, Hungarian
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001UN1KVE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,425 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 06/16/2009 Rating: Pg

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything we already have but in Blu, June 10, 2009

By	Steve Kuehl "SLV Video" (Ben Lomond, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I love the film so it was a no-brainer to get it for the store, and my slight disappointment is offset with showing what a high storage capacity can do for this product.

The package comes with both the BD and the standard def discs and included are all of the special features we know from the 2005 release. So what's changed? Nothing except for the languages: Dubbed in DTS for six languages (including Castilian, German, Italian and French) and Mono or Dolby for three others, and subtitled in nine languages (incl. Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). None of the supplements have been upgraded but that DTS always sounds awesome during the main feature. The picture has not been cleaned up from the transfer so there is plenty of artifact, hair and random film discolorations. I enjoyed watching some of the same special features again, including the John Candy memorial and the Mel Brooks conversation. The ludiricous speed is just as lame as before.

The menu is a killer if your player is not tuned up (or older). It becomes painful when trying to watch those flubs sequences as there is no play all option. It is Spaceballs, it is Mel Brooks - so it makes it a worthwhile purchase if you did not already upgrade a few years ago to that special edition DVD (especially with both included here). I would normally rate this lower but there is so much here I had to go up one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An 80's classic comedy on Blu-Ray!, July 28, 2009

By	John Lindsey "John" (Socorro, New Mexico USA.) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

In a Galaxy not so far away, a ruthless race of beings called Spaceballs lead by the dreaded runt Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and moronic president Scroobe (Mel Brooks) have came up with a diabolical plan to take all the air away from their neighboring planet Druidia. A runaway princess named Vespa (Daphne Zungia) with sassy robot maid Dot Matrix (Voice by Joan Rivers) is rescued by a stubborn but lovable space trucker named Lonestarr (Bill Pullman) with half-man half-dog alien companion Barf (John Candy) as they all join forces to learn the ways of the magical and mysterious Schwartz power from master Yogurt (Mel Brooks) and stop Dark Helmet's plans.

Excellent Sci-fi satire from co-writer, producer and director including actor Mel Brooks is one of the coolest and best comedies i've ever seen. I love how he makes fun of the Sci-fi genre with movies like "Star Wars", "Alien", "Planet of the Apes", "Star Trek", and other sci-fi movies of the time. The film co-stars Dick Van Patten as King Roland, George Wyner as Colnel Sanders, Michael Winslow and the voice of Dom Deluise as Pizza The Hutt even with a cameo by John Hurt. It's a great 80's cult favorite that provides the best laughs of the decade thanks to the magic of Mel Brooks and is always pure comedy gold.

This 2-Disc Blu-Ray offers the movie in beautiful high definition that it's not even funny even with quality sound that would make you go into luduicrous speed including a standard definition DVD of the movie. The extras including BD-exclusive which is "Watch the Movie in Luduicrous Speed", Trailers, Audio Commentaries, Film Flubs, Storyboard comparisons, interviews, Spaceballs: The Documentary, a memorial featurette on John Candy, behind-the-scenes footage and of course still galleries.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SPACEBALLS THE BLURAY, July 17, 2009

By	J. Vincent - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Spaceballs is one of my all time favorite films and I eagerly awaited it's bluray release and even put in my preorder months in advance. Now that the bluray is here it is still one of my all time favorite films but i must admit the transfer is not demo material.

The transfer itself is solid and without any unnecessary tampering (digital noise reduction, edge enhancement, etc) and it is the best this film will probably ever look on home video however the film itself will never wow anyone with detail.

On the audio side we get a 5.1ch track that does it's job as well as the source material allows... just like the video it's not demo material but it's still a solid track. Also included is the original dolby stereo track along with a rather large collection of languages (and subtitles as well)

The bonus features are the same as the previous DVD edition, I haven't really dug into all of them but in Fox bluray tradition features that need a play all option (in this case the film flubs) don't get that much needed option.

The included DVD is the older flipper disc with the 4:3 pan&scan on one side and the non-anamorphic 1.85:1 version on the other.