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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
1984 · Directed by W.D. Richter · 103 min · Science Fiction · Comedy · Adventure · 8 frames
Tagline
Beings from another dimension have invaded your world. You can't see them... but they can see you. Your only hope is Buckaroo Banzai.
Crew
- Screenplay: Earl Mac Rauch
- Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp
- Edited by: George Bowers, Richard Marks
- Music: Michael Boddicker
- Production design: J. Michael Riva
- Produced by: Neil Canton, W.D. Richter
Cast
- Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai
- John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin
- Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy
- Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey
- Christopher Lloyd as John Bigboote
- Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy
- Rosalind Cash as John Emdall
- Robert Ito as Professor Hikita
- Pepe Serna as Reno Nevada
- Ronald Lacey as President Widmark
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Sherwood Productions
- Budget: $17,000,000
- Box office: $6,254,148
- Themes: menace, talent, genius, intellectually gifted, time travel, space war, alien invasion, lighthearted, whimsical, disrespectful
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