Dec. 15, 2021

The Fall and Rise of Super Mario Bros.

The Fall and Rise of Super Mario Bros.

It took Mario and Luigi to break Dennis Hopper

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How did they make a movie out of Super Mario Bros, and why did it not really resemble the game it was based on? This episode tells the story of how Super Mario Bros went down, and how an alternate cut was found, restored — and released online this year.


SMB screenwriter Parker Bennett, along with the curators of the Super Mario Bros archive, Ryan Hoss and Steven Applebaum, help tell this story of a maligned, misguided movie that now has cult status and genuine love.


We also recount the time Dennis Hopper lost it.



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