Super Mario Bros (film)

Super Mario Bros.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel
Produced by	Jake Eberts Roland Joffé
Written by	Parker Bennett Terry Runté Ed Solomon
Based on	Mario by Shigeru Miyamoto
Starring	Bob Hoskins John Leguizamo Dennis Hopper Samantha Mathis Fisher Stevens Fiona Shaw Richard Edson
Narrated by	Dan Castellaneta
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Mark Goldblatt
Production company	Hollywood Pictures Lightmotive Allied Filmmakers Cinergi Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	May 28, 1993 (1993-05-28)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$48 million
Box office	$20.9 million

Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 American fantasy adventure film based on the Japanese video game series of the same name created by Nintendo. It was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté and Ed Solomon, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios through Hollywood Pictures. It stars Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens, Fiona Shaw and Richard Edson. The film follows the Mario brothers (Hoskins and Leguizamo), who rescue Princess Daisy (Mathis) from a parallel universe ruled by the ruthless King Koopa (Hopper).

Super Mario Bros. was shot in both New York City and North Carolina on a budget of $48 million. It was released on May 28, 1993, in the United States and grossed $20.9 million.

About 65,000,000 years ago, a meteorite crashes into the Earth, killing the dinosaurs and splitting the universe into two parallel dimensions. The surviving dinosaurs cross into this new dimension and evolve into a humanoid race.

In the present, Italian American plumbers Mario and Luigi live in Brooklyn, New York. They are being driven out of business by the mafia-like Scapelli Construction Company led by Anthony Scapelli. Luigi falls in love with orphaned NYU student Daisy, who is digging under the Brooklyn Bridge for dinosaur bones. After a date, Daisy takes Luigi back to the bridge only to witness two of Scapelli's men sabotaging it by leaving the water pipes open. Unable to fix the flooding, Luigi and Daisy rush back to his apartment where they inform Mario about the incident. The trio returns to the flooding where the Mario Bros. manage to fix it but are knocked unconscious by Iggy and Spike, who proceed to capture Daisy.