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Max Landis' Super Mario World: 436-page script written when he was 19

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#1: Oct 25th 2014 at 7:43:32 AM

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""This is not a movie," he writes, "it's a manifesto. There has never been a produced film in America with a length of 436 pages." For reference, one page of a screenplay equals about one minute of film. This means Landis' Mario movie would be roughly seven hours long if it were ever actually made.

Landis goes on to mention the huge blocks of dialogue and action in the script (a big no-no in screenwriting), as well as the absurd amount of characters. "There are just too many," he continues in the foreword. "Funky Kong plays a major role in this movie. For some reason I can't explain, it was deeply important to [19-year-old] me to get every single Super Mario character EVER at least a name drop, with people like Chet Rippo and Chuck Quizmo somehow earning HUGE ROLES."

You think we should get to work troping this thing?

edited 25th Oct '14 5:08:48 PM by lalalei2001

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#2: Oct 25th 2014 at 9:40:26 AM

My god it was stupid, but also filled with many intriguing ideas.

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#3: Oct 25th 2014 at 9:49:27 AM

Does anyone really care about this thing?

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#4: Oct 25th 2014 at 10:36:48 AM

I just think it's funny, and so does he!

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