Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
John Leguizamo Says 1993 ‘Super Mario’ Movie Cast Real Strippers and ‘Disney Was Not Happy’: ‘There Was All This Butt-Heading’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is heading toward $1 billion at the worldwide box office, which is a far cry from the disastrous fate that met the first attempt to bring the Nintendo video game franchise to life.
The live-action “Super Mario Bros.” movie in 1993 crashed and burned at the box office, grossing less than $40 million worldwide.
Many Mario fans found the film too dark and adult-oriented, but Luigi actor John Leguizamo recently told GQ magazine in a video interview that what they shot was far darker than what was released. “[The directors] had this dark, dark vision that Disney was not okay with so there was all this butt-heading that was incredible,” Leguizamo said. “That party scene?
Those were all strippers from North Carolina that they put on the set and they had them in the most revealing clothes and costumes.” “Disney was not happy” Leguizamo added. “They had to cut a lot of it, blow it out, CGI it with whatever bad technology they had back in the day.” The 1993 live-action movie was helmed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, whose directing careers nosedived because of the film’s failure.
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