Promotional Items
This exremely rare Promotion Guide was given out to theaters in preparation for the film's release. There's a ton of great info in there about how Disney wished for the film to be marketed and what kinds of promo items were available at the time.
Promotion Guide
This exremely rare Promotion Guide was given out to theaters in preparation for the film's release. There's a ton of great info in there about how Disney wished for the film to be marketed and what kinds of promo items were available at the time.
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May 20, 1993
To All Press:
Attached are your press materials for Hollywood Pictures' SUPER MARIO BROS.
SUPER MARIO BROS. opens nationwide on Friday, May 28.
When a beautiful university paleontologist named Daisy (Samantha Mathis) calls for help at a flooded excavation site, two of Brooklyn's hardest-working plumbers: Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi (John Leguizamo) answer the call, only to be pulled through a mysterious portal into an incredible reptile dimension known as Dinohattan. Created eons ago when a giant meteorite crashed to Earth and ripped the dinosaurs' domain from our own, this fantastic parallel plane of action has thus far remained hidden. Now, their water supply is rapidly running out and the reptile inhabitants are doomed to extinction unless their diabolical leader, Koopa (Dennis Hopper), can get hold of a mysterious meteorite pendant that Daisy wears around her neck, and use its unique properties to merge his world with ours. Inspired by the phenomenal worldwide popularity of the Super Mario Bros. video games based on characters created by Nintendo, our unlikely superheroes, Mario and Luigi, must battle eight-foot-tall Goombas, deadly fireballs, a crazed lizard king and the ultimate penalty of de-evolution, in order to save a princess, a pendant, and life as we know it on this planet. Hollywood Pictures presents the exciting new live-action comedy adventure "Super Mario Bros." A Lightmotive/Allied Filmmakers presentation in association with Cinergi Productions.
The running time of Hollywood Pictures' SUPER MARIO BROS. is 104 minutes. The film is rated PG.
Please note that the review date for Hollywood Pictures' SUPER MARIO BROS. is opening day, Friday, May 28.