Useless Movie Trivia For
Super Mario Bros
Memorable Movie Quotes
Luigi: Anything is possible, Mario, you just gotta believe in it.
Mario: Mario Brothers Plumbing, no leak too small.
King Koopa: I'll kill that plumber.
King Koopa: You may think of evolution as... an upward process. Things evolve from primeval slime, up to single-celled organisms, up to... intelligent life. De-evolution, of course, works the opposite way. Back to... simpler forms. For instance, even our musical friend Toad... can become... a loyal child of the royal family: Goombas!
Trivia
The set for Dinohattan was built in an abandoned cement factory in the woods outside of Wilmington, North Carolina. Set designs were adapted to the existing structure of the building.
The intercom guns used by Koopa and Daisy would resemble the NES zapper sold with the Nintendo Entertainment System.
First film ever based on a video game.
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.
Princess Daisy was the damsel in distress from Super Mario Land, Mario's first game for GameBoy.
The "Devolution" guns seen at the end of the film are simply repainted versions of the Super Nintendo light gun accessory, the "Super Scope".
Bob Hoskins replaced originally cast Danny DeVito.
During a chase scene, Bob Hoskins broke his finger when the van's door slammed on his hand. For the rest of the film, Hoskins is wearing a cast that was painted pink to look like a hand.
Various items from the video games appear, in at least name, throughout the film. These include Bob-ombs (A deceptively tiny wind-up bomb in the film), Thwomps (Thwomp Stompers are oversize footwear), Koopahari Desert (Most of the world is this desert), Yoshi (A small lizard child), The Koopa family (Who are humanized lizards) Goombas (who are just devolved citizens in the film) and Bullet Bills (a bullet with a face, seen when Mario inserts one into a Thomper Stomper to hit Koopa with)
For the majority of the film, Mario and Luigi are wearing generic plumbing overalls. It is only when they need to change that they start wearing their distinctive color-coded uniforms, with the only omission being the identifying letter on their caps.
When Daisy is using the panel in the room with her father as a fungus, the noise that boots it up is a sound effect known as the "1-up" noise.
A sequel was supposed to happen but was cancelled due to lack of popularity of the first film.
Bob Hoskins was quite unhappy with this film and his experience working on it. In an August 2007 interview, he proclaimed Super Mario Bros. as the worst thing he ever did.
Dustin Hoffman expressed interest in the role of Mario because his children were fans of the game.
More than 1 1/2 square miles of plywood, 150 tons of steel, and 62 miles of lumber was used to create the Dinohatten set.
The Yoshi puppet was capable of making 64 separate movements.
No less than 9 puppeteers were used to operate the Yoshi puppet.
Goofs
When the Mario Bros. are in the elevator with the dancing Goombas, they are wearing their specialized jump boots. When they get out of the elevator, they are wearing their normal shoes.
In the credits, Dan Castellaneta's name is misspelled (as "Castellenetta".)
USA Box Office Info
Budget: $42,000,000
Gross: $20,915,465
Filming Dates:May 6, 1992 - July 27, 1992
Filming Locations
Screen Gems Studios - 1223 North 23rd Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (studio)
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA