Super Mario Bros. (1993)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Directors:

Annabel Jankel
Rocky Morton

Writers (WGA):

Parker Bennett (written by) &
Terry Runte (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 May 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

This Ain't No Game, It's a Live-Action Thrill Ride!

Plot:

The Marios rush to save a princess from Koopa.

Plot Keywords:

Mario | Dinosaur | Plumber | King | Princess

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Bob Hoskins	...	Mario Mario
John Leguizamo	...	Luigi Mario
Dennis Hopper	...	King Koopa
Samantha Mathis	...	Princess Daisy
Fisher Stevens	...	Iggy
Richard Edson	...	Spike
Fiona Shaw	...	Lena
Dana Kaminski	...	Daniella
Mojo Nixon	...	Toad
Gianni Russo	...	Scapelli
Francesca Roberts	...	Bertha
Lance Henriksen	...	The King
Sylvia Harman	...	Old Lady
Desiree Marie Velez	...	Angelica
Andrea Powell	...	Brooklyn Girl

Also Known As:

Super Mario Brothers (USA) (alternative spelling)
Super Mario Brothers: The Movie (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi action, mild language and sensuality.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Finland:K-12 | Finland:K-3 (DVD rating) | South Korea:12 (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Québec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:12 | Mexico:A | Norway:10 | Peru:PT | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Screen Gems Studios - 1223 North 23rd Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Allied Filmmakers

Trivia:

According to John Leguizamo in his autobiography, Rocky Morton once poured hot coffee on an extra's head because he didn't like the extra's costume.

Goofs:

Continuity: The lump of fungus seen in the final scenes that transforms into the King is much bigger than previously seen.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: A long long time ago, the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big, so not a lot of people went around hassing 'em. Actually, no people went around hassling 'em cuz there weren't any people yet. Just the first tiny mammals. Basically, life was good...

Movie Connections:

References "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" (1989)

Soundtrack:

ALMOST UNREAL

No, really, this movie is horrible

There are some reviewers who are saying that, "Gosh, its based off a video game of a guy stomping on turtles & saving a princess. They had to change it for the movie: & it worked great!" Eh, yeah. Now, I understand the need to change or modify parts of the basic story to fit into movies. They do it with comics a lot & other stories that are not deep or are to short to fill in that gap. But heres the problem: even taking into account that they had to modify the story & look of the characters - this movie is horrid! Remove the fact that the Mario game franchise even existed & this movie is a stinker. Heres my question? why even do a live action movie based on SMB? This came on the heels of an era when Carebears & Transformers had pretty freaking good traditional animation movies made. There was a (though it was pretty dumb) cartoon that had Mario in it at the time, why not work off that? Or hey - soon after this movie came out CG really hit the big time with Toy Story. Why not do it up right with some awesome CG Mario Bros. takin' on the Mushroom Kingdom? But seriously people, lets have an intervention. When movies ARE bad, its OK to say they are bad. Repeat after me: This movie is horrendous, this movie make Uwe Boll look like Spielberg.