Adventure comedy film loosely based on the Mario video game series by Nintendo. Starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper. It is the first feature-length live-action film to be based on a video game. Directed by the husband-and-wife team of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté and Ed Solomon and distributed by the Walt Disney Studios through Hollywood Pictures. Aired Tuesday May 18 1993 on CTV's CFCN (air channel 4 & cable channel 5, now cable channel 3 today), between 8:00PM - 8:59PM in Calgary Alberta.