
Spaceballs: The Book is a movie novelization written by R.L. Stine in 1987 and based on the movie Spaceballs, directed by Mel Brooks in 1987. The movie features Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, and others.
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Storyline
Planet Spaceball, led by the incompetent President Skroob, has squandered all of its fresh air. Skroob schemes to force King Roland of the neighboring planet Druidia to give them the code to the shield that protects Druidia, allowing them to steal all their air, by kidnapping his daughter Princess Vespa on the day of her arranged marriage to the narcoleptic Prince Valium.
Movie vs Book

Year
1987
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb

Year
1987
Pages
122
Book Rate
6.60
S: Goodreads
Book
Spaceballs: The Book
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“Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting.”
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenwriter)

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