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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Video Game Movie?
Posted 1 month ago
With video game movies getting more and more ambitious (and successful), we want to know which one is your favourite.
Super Mario Bros.
- Theatrical - Wide 1993-05-28
- Cast Bob Hoskins John Leguizamo Dennis Hopper Samantha Mathis Fisher Stevens
- Directed by Annabel Jankel Rocky Morton
- Written by Parker Bennett Terry Runte Ed Solomon
Box Office Gross:
$20,929,518
Running Time:
105 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Hollywood Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, Allied Filmmakers, Lightmotive
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Synopsis
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They’re the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
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