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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

  • 19841984
  • PGPG
  • 1h 43m
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Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
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Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to con... Read allAdventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.
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27K
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    • W.D. Richter
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  • Stars
    • Peter Weller
    • John Lithgow
    • Ellen Barkin
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    • Earl Mac Rauch
  • Stars
    • Peter Weller
    • John Lithgow
    • Ellen Barkin
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    • 70Metascore
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    Ellen Barkin and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
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    Peter Weller
    Peter Weller
    • Buckaroo Banzai
    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Lord John Whorfin…
    Ellen Barkin
    Ellen Barkin
    • Penny Priddy
    Jeff Goldblum
    Jeff Goldblum
    • New Jersey
    Christopher Lloyd
    Christopher Lloyd
    • John Bigbooté
    Lewis Smith
    Lewis Smith
    • Perfect Tommy
    Rosalind Cash
    Rosalind Cash
    • John Emdall
    Robert Ito
    Robert Ito
    • Professor Hikita
    Pepe Serna
    Pepe Serna
    • Reno Nevada
    Ronald Lacey
    Ronald Lacey
    • President Widmark
    Matt Clark
    Matt Clark
    • Secretary of Defense
    Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown
    • Rawhide
    William Traylor
    • General Catburd
    Carl Lumbly
    Carl Lumbly
    • John Parker
    Vincent Schiavelli
    Vincent Schiavelli
    • John O'Connor
    Dan Hedaya
    Dan Hedaya
    • John Gomez
    Mariclare Costello
    Mariclare Costello
    • Senator Cunningham
    Bill Henderson
    Bill Henderson
    • Casper Lindley
      • W.D. Richter
      • Earl Mac Rauch
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    • Trivia
      Jamie Lee Curtis played Buckaroo's mother in a flashback, but this scene was deleted. The scene is available on the recent DVD release as an optional prequel to the theatrical version, and as a special feature. Jamie Lee Curtis is visible in a photo on the dashboard of the jet car in the wide-screen version.
    • Goofs
      New Jersey explains that the Lectroids emit a chemical which humans breathe, and as a result they make us see them as human. However, at that same time, the President is seeing John Parker on television as a human, not a Lectroid, even though he cannot possibly be inhaling the chemical hundreds of miles away.
    • Quotes

      Mission Control: Buckaroo, The White House wants to know is everything ok with the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia?

      Buckaroo Banzai: Tell him yes on one and no on two.

      Mission Control: Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia... or number 2?

    • Crazy credits
      The credits end with the announcement of the upcoming sequel "Buckaroo Banzai Versus The World Crime League". As of 2007, that film has yet to be made, pending approval from the film's current rights holders, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
    • Alternate versions
      The Special Edition DVD contains 14 deleted scenes and an extended introduction, several of which make reference to Hanoi Xan, the leader of the World Crime League, who murdered Buckaroo's parents and his wife, Peggy. As mentioned in the "Crazy Credits" section, the World Crime League was mentioned at the end of the film as the focus of a planned sequel, but as of 2010 that film has yet to be made.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle/Dreamscape/The Adventures of the Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension/The Bostonians/Metropolis (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Since I Don't Have You
      (uncredited)

      Written by Joseph Rock and James Beaumont with The Skyliners

      Performed by Peter Weller

    User reviews260

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    7/10
    A fun take-off on adventure movies
    Aliens hiding on Earth, all with the first name of "John". A deranged mad scientist named Dr. Emilio Lizardo. A band of sidekicks named the Hong Kong Cavaliers. And in the center of it, Buckaroo Bonzai -- the part-time particle physicist, part-time brain surgeon, part-time rock'n'roller. How could this not be fun?

    You're not watching this for the deep inner meaning. You're watching this because it's ridiculous and the actors know it is. John Lithgow is absolutely over the top as Lizardo. And Jeff Goldblum does a great comic turn as New Jersey.
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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1984 (Canada)
      • United States
      • MGM
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lake View Medical Center - 11600 Eldridge Avenue, Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Sherwood Productions
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes
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