
Monsters, Genre Hybrids
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world.
Directed by W.D. Richter
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Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
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- Director
- W.D. Richter
- Written by
- Earl Mac Rauch
- Produced by
- Neil Canton, W.D. Richter
- Composer
- Michael Boddicker
- Cinematographer
- Fred J. Koenekamp
- Editors
- George Bowers, Richard Marks
- Sound Designer
- Bones Howe
- Studio
- Sherwood Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- PG
- Also known as
- Buckaroo Banzai, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
- TMDB
- 6.0/10 (486 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 70/100
- IMDb
- 6.2/10 (31,287 votes)
Released August 10, 1984·$17,000,000 budget·$6,254,148 revenue
Cast

Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai

John Lithgow
Lord John Whorfin

Ellen Barkin
Penny Priddy

Jeff Goldblum
New Jersey

Christopher Lloyd
John Bigboote

Lewis Smith
Perfect Tommy

Rosalind Cash
John Emdall

Robert Ito
Professor Hikita

Pepe Serna
Reno Nevada

Ronald Lacey
President Widmark

Matt Clark
Secretary of Defense

Clancy Brown
Rawhide

William Traylor
General Catburd

Carl Lumbly
John Parker

Vincent Schiavelli
John O'Connor

Dan Hedaya
John Gomez

Mariclare Costello
Senator Cunningham

Bill Henderson
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