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Spaceballs [1987]

FULL CREDITS

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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Brooksfilms for MGM
Producer: Mel Brooks
Co-Producer: Ezra Swerdlow
Production Manager: Robert Latham Brown
Production Coordinator: Mary Courtney

SCRIPT
Script: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham

DIRECTION
Director: Mel Brooks
Assistant Directors: Dan Kolsrud, Mitchell Bock, Carol D. Bonnefil

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Nick McLean
Camera Operators: Michael D. O'Shea, Steve Bridge
1st Assistant Camera: Michael A. Chavez, Steve McLeam
2nd Assistant Camera: George Llerena
Gaffer: Tom Stern
Assistant Lighting Technician: Víctor Pérez
Key Grip: William C. Young
2nd Grips: Bruce Spellman, Jerry King
Stills: Peter Sorel
Special Art Stills: Michael Douglas Middleton [uncredited]
Video Playback Operator: Lindsay P. Hill
Cameras and Lenses: Panaflex by Panavision
Labs: Laboratoires GTC, Joinville, France

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Conrad Buff IV
Additional Editor: Nicholas C. Smith
Assistant Editors: Clarinda Wong, Debra Goldfield
Associate Editor: Jay Ignaszewski

MUSIC
Music: John Morris
Orchestrator: Jack Hayes
Songs: Jeff Pescetto, Clyde Lieberman, Mel Brooks [Spaceballs]; Dick Bauerle [Wanna Be Loved by You]; Gloria Sklerov, Lenny Macaluso [My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own]; Berlin [Heartstrings]; Van Halen [Good Enough]; Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora [Raise Your Hands]; Mark Coen [Shit Weasel]; Al Yankovic [(Six Words Long) This Song's Just]; Queen [Another One Bites The Dust]; Mark Coen, Mike Rodmin, John Rotch [Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way]; Mike Rodmin, Mitch Reed [Hunger]; Mountain of Pain [Fall Down]
Songs Performed By: The Spinners [Spaceballs]; Kim Carnes, Jeffrey Osborne [My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own]; Berlin [Heartstrings]; Van Halen [Good Enough]; Bon Jovi [Raise Your Hands]; The Pointer Sisters [Hot Together]; Ladyfire [Wanna Be Loved By You]; Spectre General [Shit Weasel; Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way; Hunger]; Weird Al Yankovic [(Six Words Long) This Song's Just]; Queen [Another One Bites The Dust]; Leftfield [Sticks]; Mountain of Pain [Fall Down]; Squeeze [The Sake Of Nothing]
Song Producer: Jellybean (full name Jellybean Benítez) [Spaceball Theme]; George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne [My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own]; Bob Ezrin [Heartstrings]; Van Halen, Mick Jones, Donn Landee [Good Enough]; Bruce Fairbairn [Raise Your Hands]; Richard Perry [Hot Together]; Michael Lloyd [Wanna Be Loved By You]; Spencer Proffer [Shit Weasel; Hunger]; Rick Derringer [(Six Words Long) This Song's Just]; Randy Bishop, Spencer Proffer [Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way]; Mountain of Pain [Fall Down]
Song Engineer: Tony Papa [(Six Words Long) This Song's Just]
Music Editor: Eugene Marks

SOUND
Sound Designers: Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom
Sound Recordists: Jeff Wexler, Don Coufal, Jim Stuebe
Re-Recordists: Randy Thom, Gary Summers, Richard Beggs
Supervising Re-Recording Mixer: Randy Thom
Assistant Sound Editors: David Bergad, Pamela J. Yuen, Robert Bowman, David Slusser, Paige Sartorius, Scott Chandler, Sue Brettrose
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Michael John Bateman
Dialogue Editors: Glad Pickering, Ronald Sinclair, George Simpson
Vocal Effects Supervisor: Norman B. Schwartz
ADR Editor: Jim Borgardt [uncredited]
Foley Artist: Dennie Thorpe
Foley Recordist: Tom Johnson
Sound Effects Editors: Ken Fischer, Ernie Fosselius, Ronald Jacobs, Sandina Bailo Lape
Post-Production Sound Systems: Sprocket Systems

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer / Creator: Ben Nye Jr
Make Up: Ken Diaz, Melanie Elaine Levitt
Hair: Dione Taylor
Costume Designer: Donfeld
Men's Wardrobe Supervisors: Bruce Ericksen
Women's Wardrobe Supervisor: Charmaine N. Simmons

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Peter Albiez
Special Effects: Richard Ratliff
Barf Ear Animatronics: Rick Lazzarini

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: Apogee Productions Inc
Alien Creature Designers: Industrial Light and Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter Donen
Visual Effects Coordinator: Craig Boyajian
Production Executive: Robert Shepherd
Producer: Percy Angress
Production Coordinator: Michael Van Himbergen
Visual Effects: Craig Boyajian, Peter Gruskoff
Effects Technicians: Richard Alexander, Bill Shourt, Ron Goldstein
Visual Effects Engineer: Don Trumbull
Animation Supervisor: Clint Colver
Additional Animators: Available Light Limited
Animation Illustrators: Harry Weinmann, John Shourt
Matte Painting Supervisor: Albert Whitlock
Matte Painting Effects: Sid Dutton, Bill Taylor, Illusion Arts Inc
Matte Technician: Jonathan Erland
Matte Technician: Jonathan Erland
Motion Control Photography: Doug Smith, David Hardberger, John Sullivan, Matt Beck
Motion Control Camera Assistants: Glenn Campbell, Mark Gredell, Ron Robinson, Stephen David Brooks
Motion Control Electronics Engineer: Alvah J. Miller
Motion Control Programmer: Paul Johnson
Motion Control Technician: David Cornelius [uncredited]
Model Department: Rae Burkland
Model Maker Supervisor: Grant McCune
Model Makers: Chris Ross, David Beasley, Cory Faucher, Jay Roth, John Eaves, Tom Pahk, David Sosalla, Suzy Schneider, Smokey Stover
Model Department Special Design: Rae Burkland, Ron Thornton
Opticals: Pacific Title
Optical Supervisor: Roger Dorney
Optical Photography: Jerry Pooler
Optical Camera Assistants: Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr, Dennis Dorney, Richard Gilligan
Chief Set Lighting Technician: Bob Jason
Stills: Michael Douglas Middleton [uncredited]
Art Director: Steven Dane
Chief Production Auditor: Debbi Nikkel
Effects Production Assistant: Peter Gruskoff
Effects Production Publicist: Susan McGuire
Video / Graphic Displays: Rhonda C. Gunner, Richard E. Hollander, Gregory L. McMurray, John C. Walsh, Video Image

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Terence Marsh
Art Director: Harold Michelson
Assistant Art Director: Dianne Wager
Special Designer: Ron Thornton
Set Designers: Peter Kelly, Richard McKenzie, Jacques Valin
Set Decorator: John Franco Jr
Property Master: Dennis Parrish
Assistant Property Master: Bill King
Propmaker Foreman: Steve Willis
Property Illustrator: Arthur Gelb
Illustrator: Camille Abbott
Standby Painter: Jerry Gadette
Drapery Man: James J. Pickering
Lead Man: William S. Maxwell III
General Foreman: Guy Allan MacLaury
Title Designer: Anthony Goldschmidt

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Julie Pitkanen
Accountants: Alison Harstedt, Laurie Stuebe
Production Assistants: Joanne Wetzel Caverly, James Caverly, Charles Schlissel
Assistant to Mel Brooks: Leah Zappy
Assistant to John Candy: Nyna Cravens
Assistants to Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham: Ann Fisher, Karen D'Arc
Assistant to Ezra Swerdlow: Daren Hicks
Transportation Captain: Chet Brooks
Transportation Coordinator: Jim Chesney
Helicopter Pilot: Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc [uncredited]
Craft Service: Ramon Pahoyo
Production Controller: K. Lenna Kunkel
Publicist: Saul Kahan

LOCATIONS
Locations: Imperial County, California, USA; Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany
Location Manager: Michael J. Meehan

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Richard Warlock
Stunts: Mike Washlake, Jesse Wayne [uncredited]

CASTING
Casting: Lynn Stalmaster and Associates, David Rubin, Bill Shepard

CAST
Mel Brooks [President Skroob / Yogurt]
John Candy [Barfolemew 'Barf' the Mog]
Rick Moranis [Lord Dark Helmet]
Bill Pullman [Lone Starr]
Daphne Zuniga [Princess Vespa of Druidia]
Dick Van Patten [King Roland]
George Wyner [Colonel Sandurz of Spaceball 1]
Michael Winslow [radar technician of Spaceball 1]
Joan Rivers [voice of Dot Matrix]
Lorene Yarnell [Dot Matrix]
John Hurt [himself]
Sal Viscuso [radio operator]
Ronny Graham [minister]
JM J. Bullock [Prince Valium]
Leslie Bevis [Commanderette Zircon of Spaceball 1]
Jim Jackman [Major Asshole of Spaceball 1]
Michael Pniewski [laser gunner]
Sandy Helberg [Dr Schlotkin]
Stephen Tobolowsky [Captain of the Guard]
Jeff MacGregor [Snotty]
Henry Kaiser [magnetic beam operator]
Denise Gallup [Charlene]
Dian Gallup [Marlene]
Gail Barle, Dey Young [waitresses]
Rhonda Shear [woman in diner]
Robert Prescott [sand cruiser driver]
Jack Riley [TV newsman]
Tom Dreesen [Megamaid guard]
Rudy De Luca [Vinnie]
Tony Griffin, Rick Ducommun [prison guards]
Ken Olfson [head usher]
Bryan O'Byrne [organist]
Wayne Wilson [trucker in cap]
Ira Miller [short order cook]
Earl Finn [guard with captain]
Mitchell Bock [video operator]
Tommy Swerdlow [troop leader]
Tim Russ [trooper]
Ed Gale, Antonio Hoyos, Felix Silla, Arturo Gil, Tony Cox, John Kennedy Hayden [Dinks]
Dee Booher [bearded lady]
Johnny Silver [caddy]
Brenda Strong [Gretchen]
Dom DeLuise [voice of Pizza the Hutt]
Camille Hagen [woman in diner - uncredited]
Jerry Maren [uncredited]
Julie Pitkanen [voice of self-destruct system - uncredited]
Harry Shearer [newscaster - uncredited]

EXTRAS
Cary Stratton


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