Mario and the Fly is a 1994 American-Gavinlandic comedy-slapstick buddy short film adapted and directed by Gavin Brown and producd by Phil Roman and Darrell Van Citters. It was released in November 23, 1994, with the theatrical release of "Alphablocks in The Pageletter", and it was produced by Gavin Brown Productions, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Nintendo of America and Film Roman. The music was re-used from the 1984 Weston Woods Studios short film "The Bear and the Fly", written by Ernest Troost, and Gavin gets Kyle Riabko and Stephanie Riabko to arrange the music.
Synopsis[]
At Peach's castle, Mario and Luigi try to get that pesky, green talking fly.
Cast[]
- Gavin Brown as Mario (voices were re-used in 1992 Mario pinball game)
- Mel Blanc as Luigi (archival voices)
- Catherine O'Hara as Princess Peach
- Dana Hill as Toad
Credits[]
- Starring Gavin Brown as Mario, Mel Blanc as Luigi, Catherine O'Hara as Princess Peach, Dana Hill as Toad
- Additional Voices: Charles Martinet, Tony Jay
- Animators: Erin Rae Miller, Darrell Van Citters, Phil Roman, Gavin Brown, Gunpei Yokoi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Oli Hyatt
- Executive for Nintendo: Hiroshi Yamauchi
- Music: Kyle Riabko and Stephanie Riabko
- Additional Music Composers: Gavin Brown, Steve Goldstein, Ernest Troost and Koji Kondo
- Special Thanks to: Nintendo of America, Inc., the staff of Nintendo
- Producers: Phil Roman, Darrell Van Citters
- Adapted and Directed by: Gavin Brown
- Dolby Digital in Selected Theatres
- MPAA
- Copyright © 1994 The Walt Disney Company, Nintendo Co., Ltd and Gavin Brown Productions. All Rights Reserved
- The End
- It's a Gavin Brown Production!
Home video[]
In 1995, the film was released before the film "Alphablocks in The Pageletter", by Family Home Entertainment and Walt Disney Home Video in the USA, Gavin Brown Home Video in Gavinland, and Walt Disney Home Video in the UK and Japan.
In 2005, part of Mario's 80th anniversary, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the short film in the "Special Features" icon of the 1998 film: "The Super Mario RPG Movie" and was included in the Mario's Gold and Silver Cartoon Collections.
In 2019, the short was now available to stream on Disney+.