Exploring the Super Mario Bros. (1993) Extended Rough Cut Special: Restoration Commentary!

On May 15th 2019, we discovered a tape containing an extended rough cut of the 1993 cult film Super Mario Bros. This version is about 15 minutes longer than the official theatrical cut, including new and extended scenes that expand backstory and strengthen character arcs. Unfortunately, the tape had very poor image quality and required heavy restoration. For this task we turned to director/editor/artist Garrett Gilchrist. Garrett is best known for his incredible work on The Recobbled Cut of The Thief and the Cobbler. This is perhaps the best and most comprehensive film restoration effort outside of official studio work. For the Super Mario Bros. restoration, Garrett used Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, EBSynth, the Remini Photo app, Topaz AI Gigapixel, Virtualdub, EBSynth, and other tools, over a period of several weeks. Garrett painted out dirt, splices, ghosting and damage frame by frame in many scenes, using Photoshop. The 60fps VHS was carefully adjusted down to 24fps, noise reduced and color grad