Super Mario Bros. (movie)

Super Mario Bros.
Directed by	Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel
Written by	Parker Bennett Terry Runté Ed Solomon
Screenplay by	George Carlin
Based on	Super Mario Bros. by Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka
Produced by	Jake Eberts Roland Joffé
Starring	Bob Hoskins John Leguizamo Dennis Hopper Samantha Mathis
Narrated by	Dan Castellaneta
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Mark Goldblatt
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	Hollywood Pictures Lightmotive/Allied Filmmakers Cinergi Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (US) Entertainment Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	May 28, 1993
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$48 million[1]
Box office	$20,915,465[1]

Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 American science fiction fantasy movie. It was produced by Jake Eberts and Roland Joffé. The movie was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. Super Mario Bros. was released on May 28, 1993. The movie is a loose live-action version of the 1985 Nintendo video game of the same name. The movie stars Bob Hoskins as Mario, John Leguizamo as Luigi, Dennis Hopper as King Koopa, and Samantha Mathis as Princess Daisy.

The movie was received with mainly negative reviews from critics and holds a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[2] Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the movie two thumbs down on their television program Siskel & Ebert At the Movies.^[3] They also put the movie on their list for one of the worst films of 1993.^[4] It only made $20,915,465 of its $48 million budget.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Super Mario Bros". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
2. ↑ "The Super Mario Bros". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
3. ↑ "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies: Week of June 12, 1993". TV.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
4. ↑ ""Siskel & Ebert" - Worst of '93: Plot Summary". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2014-07-26.