The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984 Feature Film ★ 6.2/10

Released 10/5/1984 (Canada)

📖 Storyline

Brain surgeon, rock musician, adventurer Buckaroo Banzai is a modern renaissance man and has made scientific history. He perfected the Oscillation Overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. But when his sworn enemy Dr. Emilio Lizardo devises a plot to steal the device and bring an evil army back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in a battle that could spell doom for the universe. Along with his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroo must stop the evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Priddy, the long-lost twin sister of his late wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica. —Greg Bole <bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu>Brain surgeon, rock musician, adventurer Buckaroo Banzai is a modern renaissance man and has made scientific history. He perfected the Oscillation Overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. But when his sworn enemy Dr. Emilio Lizardo devises a plot to steal the device and bring an evil army back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in a battle that could spell doom for the universe. Along with his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroo must stop the evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Priddy, the long-lost twin sister of his late wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica. —Greg Bole <bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu>

🎭 Cast & Crew

Director W.D. Richter
Main Star Peter Weller, Character: Buckaroo Banzai
Supporting John Lithgow (as Dr. Emilio Lizardo), Ellen Barkin (as Penny Priddy), Jeff Goldblum (as New Jersey), Christopher Lloyd (as John Bigbooté), 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), Matt Clark (as Secretary of Defense), Clancy Brown (as Rawhide), William Traylor (as General Catburd), Carl Lumbly (as John Parker), Vincent Schiavelli (as John O'Connor), Dan Hedaya (as John Gomez), Mariclare Costello (as Senator Cunningham), Bill Henderson (as Casper Lindley)

ℹ️ Details

Awards Awards, 5 nominations total
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 (31,530 votes)
Reviews 278
Release Date 10/5/1984 (Canada)
Format Feature Film
Filmed In Canada
Country Canada

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