Plot
The Marios rush to save a princess from Koopa.
Release Year: 1993
Rating: 3.8/10 (22,128 voted)
Director:
Annabel Jankel
Stars: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper
Storyline Can you make a movie out of a video game? Thats the question that is answered by this film. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, two hard working plumbers find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in medium hi-tech squalor. They find themselves the only hope to save the Earth from invasion.
Writers: Parker Bennett, Terry Runte
Cast: Bob Hoskins
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Mario Mario
John Leguizamo
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Luigi Mario
Dennis Hopper
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King Koopa
Samantha Mathis
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Princess Daisy
Fisher Stevens
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Iggy
Richard Edson
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Spike
Fiona Shaw
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Lena
Dana Kaminski
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Daniella
Mojo Nixon
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Toad
Gianni Russo
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Scapelli
Francesca P. Roberts
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Bertha
Lance Henriksen
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The King
Sylvia Harman
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Old Lady
Desiree Marie Velez
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Angelica
Andrea Powell
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Brooklyn Girl
Taglines:
This Ain't No Game!
Release Date: 28 May 1993
Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $42,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $20,915,465
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Bob Hoskins didn't know that the film he was making was based on a game, until his son asked him what he was working on. When Hoskins mentioned the film's title, his son immediately recognized it and showed Hoskins the game on his own Nintendo.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
191 X 191 = 36481, not 26481
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...
User Review
Great movie... people should stop being so serious and enjoy it
Rating: 9/10
First off.... I absolutely love this movie. It's such a treat to a fan
with a good imagination.
Secondly, why would anyone in their right mind take this kind of movie
seriously, to the point of bashing it for things like "being to fake"
and "not sticking to the Mario bro's storyline." People, in the games
all Mario did was jump around, bop things on the head, throw fireballs
around, and fly. If they would have made movies about that people would
be asleep before the first 5 minutes. This movie was meant to entertain
and captivate, and it certainly does the trick.
They took the classic game and adapted it to a fantasy reality that
parallels our own and for that, it was simply brilliant. The rendition
of koopa-manhattan was great and is not something that people should
criticize. The city adds life the the movie, it makes it real in it's
own fantastic way. It makes the city so crazy it works. And boy oh boy
did those goomba's make me laugh.
I love this movie for everything it relates to the game and everything
it added to make it a more fun-filled ride. If you love the games and
have an open minded imagination, this is a must watch movie
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