The Wizard

The Wizard (1989)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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Release date

1989-12-15

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Genre

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family

Budget

$6 000 000

Revenue

$14 278 900

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Director

Todd Holland

Actors

Luke Edwards, Vince Trankina, Wendy Phillips, Dea McAllister, Sam McMurray, Beau Bridges, Fred Savage, Christian Slater, Will Seltzer, Roy Conrad
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Scenario

David Chisholm

Producer

Ken Topolsky, David Chisholm, Lindsley Parsons Jr.

Operator

Robert D. Yeoman

Composer

J. Peter Robinson

Artist

Audition

Mali Finn

Editing

Tom Finan
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• In many European countries, the film was released under the title “Joy Stick Heroes”.
• The creators intended for the film to introduce the highly anticipated and subsequently extraordinarily popular video game "Super Mario Bros. 3" to American audiences for the first time. Although "The Wizard" wasn't a major box office hit, its premiere further fueled interest in the video game's soon-to-be-released American version.
• The video game tournament host announces that no one has yet played the game chosen for the finals, "Super Mario Bros. 3", even though it had been released and available in Japan a year before the film's release.
• American cinemas distributed copies of "Pocket Power," the pocket-sized version of the video game magazine "Nintendo Power," during screenings of the film.
• When Cory and Jimmy challenge a pair of businessmen to a video game bet, an advertising poster for the recently released album by renowned musician Tom Petty, "Fool Moon River," can be seen on the side of the arcade machine.