The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is science fiction film directed by W.D. Richter

Fast Facts

1. Release date: January 1, 1984 ¹
2. Genre: Science fiction, action-adventure
3. Director: W.D. Richter
4. Screenwriter: Earl MacRauch
5. Producer: Sidney Beckerman, Neil Canton, W.D. Richter
6. Distributor: 20th Century Fox
7. MPAA rating: PG
8. Run time: 1 hr. 43 min.
9. Based on: The play The Clansmen and the book The Leopard's Spots

Plot Summary

The movie follows comic book hero Buckaroo Banzai, as he uses his skills as a physicist, a neurosurgeon, a Samurai, a rock musician and a jet-car driver to save the world from the invasion of the Red Lectroids from Planet 10.

Cast

• Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai
• John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo
• Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy
• Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey
• Christopher Lloyd as John Bigboote

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