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The film begins with Sam Brenner playing the [[Donkey Kong (game)|original ''Donkey Kong'' game]] and losing a championship match to Eddie Plant ({{wp|Peter Dinklage}}), who uses a [[cheat code]] (despite the fact that the actual game does not feature cheat codes and doing so would be counter-productive for an arcade game). ''Donkey Kong'' haunts Brenner as "the one game he sucks at".
The film begins with Sam Brenner playing the [[Donkey Kong (game)|original ''Donkey Kong'' game]] and losing a championship match to Eddie Plant ({{wp|Peter Dinklage}}), who uses a [[cheat code]] (despite the fact that the actual game does not feature cheat codes and doing so would be counter-productive for an arcade game). ''Donkey Kong'' haunts Brenner as "the one game he sucks at".


When the "arcaders" are called in to train {{wp|United States Navy SEALs}} to play arcade games, Ludlow Lamonsoff ({{wp|Josh Gad}}) wears a shirt depicting [[Small Mario]]'s [[jump]]ing sprite from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.
When the "arcaders" are called in to train {{wp|United States Navy SEALs}} to play arcade games, Ludlow Lamonsoff ({{wp|Josh Gad}}) wears a shirt depicting [[Small Mario]]'s [[jump]]ing sprite from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''


Later in the film, an alien that has taken a form based on [[Mario]]'s sprite from ''Donkey Kong'' can be seen running and jumping across a street, although none of the main characters are seen interacting with him.
Later in the film, an alien that has taken a form based on [[Mario]]'s sprite from ''Donkey Kong'' can be seen running and jumping across a street, although none of the main characters are seen interacting with him.
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Revision as of 16:15, May 5, 2024

Not to be confused with Pixl.
Pixels
Theatrical poster of Pixels.
General information
Director(s) Chris Columbus
Writer(s) Tim Herlihy
Timothy Dowling
Starring Adam Sandler
Kevin James
Michelle Monaghan
Peter Dinklage
Josh Gad
Sean Bean
Brian Cox
Country of origin United States of America
Original language English
Rating PG-13
Production
Producer(s) Adam Sandler
Chris Columbus
Mark Radcliffe
Allen Covert
Editor(s) Hughes Winborne
Production company Columbia Pictures
Happy Madison Productions
1492 Pictures
LStar Capital
Cinematography Amir Mokri
Runtime 106 minutes
Budget $88–129 million
Distribution
Distributor(s) Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date July 24, 2015 (US)
Box office $244.9 million

Pixels is a science-fiction action comedy film released in 2015 and co-produced by Sony Pictures and Happy Madison Productions. Based on the 2010 short film of the same name, the film stars Adam Sandler as Sam Brenner, a down-on-his-luck former arcade champion and home theater installer who through a series of events is hired by the US military to train a group of old-school arcade players in fighting an alien race attacking Earth with technology inspired by 1980s arcade games, including Donkey Kong and Pac-Man.

The film was critically panned, with reviewers criticizing the performances, humor, product placement, execution, and dialogue, although the soundtrack, originality, and visuals were praised by some. The film was also a box office disappointment, grossing US$245 million[1] on a budget of between US$88 million and US$129 million.

Super Mario-related elements in Pixels

Donkey Kong in the climax of the film.

The film begins with Sam Brenner playing the original Donkey Kong game and losing a championship match to Eddie Plant (Peter Dinklage), who uses a cheat code (despite the fact that the actual game does not feature cheat codes and doing so would be counter-productive for an arcade game). Donkey Kong haunts Brenner as "the one game he sucks at".

When the "arcaders" are called in to train United States Navy SEALs to play arcade games, Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad) wears a shirt depicting Small Mario's jumping sprite from Super Mario Bros.

Later in the film, an alien that has taken a form based on Mario's sprite from Donkey Kong can be seen running and jumping across a street, although none of the main characters are seen interacting with him.

The film's climax has the cast face the leader of the aliens, who has taken a form based on Donkey Kong and is on a re-creation of 25m, with captives on the same platform Pauline is held captive on in Donkey Kong. As Donkey Kong attacks the group, Brenner has a breakdown when he cannot figure out Donkey Kong's pattern and his insecurity over not being able to win the game gets to him. One of the captives, Matty van Patten (Matt Lintz), then reveals that Plant cheated, giving Brenner the confidence he needs to get to the top and defeat Donkey Kong using a hammer.

Production

The original script of the film did not feature Donkey Kong, but he was included after meeting with Nintendo and convincing the company Donkey Kong would be "treated with respect".[2]

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ピクセル[?]
Pikuseru
Pixel
Arabic بيكسلز[?]
Biksiliz
Pixels
Bulgarian Пиксели[?]
Pikseli
Pixel
Chinese (simplified) 像素大战[?]
Xiàngsù Dàzhàn
Pixel Wars
Chinese (traditional) 世界大對戰 (Taiwan)[?]
Shìjiè Dà Duìzhàn
Wars of the World
屈機起格命 (Hong Kong)[?]
Qū Jī Qǐ Gémìng
Benevolence
Croatian Pikseli[?] Pixels
Czech Pixely[?] Pixels
Estonian Pikslid[?] Pixels
French Pixels[?] -
German Pixels[?] -
Greek Pixels[?] -
Hebrew פיקסלים[?] Pixels
Hindi पिक्सेल्स[?]
Piksels
Pixels
Hungarian Pixel[?] Pixel
Italian Pixels[?] -
Korean 픽셀[?]
Pigsel
Pixel
Latvian Pikseli[?] Pixels
Lithuanian Pikseliai[?] Pixels
Macedonian Пиксели[?]
Pikseli
Pixels
Malay Pixels[?] -
Polish Piksele[?] Pixels
Portuguese Pixels[?] -
Romanian Pixels: O aventură digitala[?] Pixels: A digital adventure
Russian Пиксели[?]
Pikseli
Pixels
Serbian Pikseli[?] Pixels
Slovenian Piksli[?] Pixels
Spanish (NOA) Pixeles[?] Pixels
Spanish (NOE) Pixels[?] -
Thai พิกเซล[?]
Phiksel
Pixels
Turkish Pixels[?] -
Ukrainian Пікселі[?]
Pikseli
Pixels
Vietnamese Đại chiến Pixels[?] Great Pixel War

Trivia

  • Eddie Plant is a caricature of many well-known gamers,[3] including Billy Mitchell, the controversial and then-current world record-holder for the arcade version of Donkey Kong and Pac-Man.

References

  1. ^ [1] Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 4th, 2021
  2. ^ Angela Watercutter (July 22, 2015). DONKEY KONG ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO PIXELS. Wired. Retrieved November 14, 2018
  3. ^ Tweet from SonyPIX Twitter. Retrieved July 27, 2019