Summaries

Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.

Can you make a movie out of a video game? That's 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.—John Vogel <[email protected]>

This is the story of two hard-working Italian plumber brothers named Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, who befriends a young paleontologist named Daisy. She uncovers a massive find of mysterious new dinosaur bones. While exploring the tunnels where dinosaur fossils lay, saboteurs hired by the Mario Bros. rival businessman, Anthony Scapelli, to break some underground pipes. Meanwhile, in a hidden world called Dinohattan, King Koopa's land is running out of water and going through problems so he sends Spike and Iggy to kidnap Daisy! Now the Super Mario Bros. find themselves the only hope to save the Earth from invasion then challenge a diabolical lizard king and they must battle giant reptilian goombas, outwit misfit thugs, and undermine sinister scheme by taking over the world!—Anthony Pereyra <[email protected]>

Brooklyn plumbers Mario (Hoskins) and Luigi (Leguizamo) get the shock of their lives when they discover a parallel world populated by the intelligent descendants of dinosaurs. It's up to our unlikely heroes to battle the evil King Koopa and his Goomba guards, free the beautiful Princess Daisy and save mankind in this adventure of a lifetime.

Mario and Luigi, two wacky plumbers, undertake a daring quest to save a princess in Dinohattan -- a hidden world where the inhabitants evolved from dinosaurs! Mario and Luigi face deadly challenges from a diabolical lizard king and must battle giant reptilian goombas, outwit misfit thugs, and undermine a sinister scheme to take over the world!—Robert Lynch <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • dinosaur
  • based on video game
  • set up for unmade sequel
  • plumber
  • italian american
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
  • Family
Release date May 27, 1993
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States Japan United Kingdom France
Language English
Filming locations EUE/Screen Gems Studios - 1223 N 23rd Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Production companies Hollywood Pictures Allied Filmmakers Lightmotive

Box office

Budget $48000000
Gross US & Canada $20915465
Opening weekend US & Canada $8532623
Gross worldwide $20928292

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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