The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American science fiction film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Peter Weller in the title role, with Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd. The supporting cast includes Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Robert Ito, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Jonathan Banks, John Ashton, Carl Lumbly and Ronald Lacey.
Plot
Buckaroo Banzai and his mentor Dr. Tohichi Hikita perfect the "oscillation overthruster", a device that allows an object to pass through solid matter. Banzai tests it by driving his Jet Car through a mountain. While in transit, he finds himself in another dimension. After exiting the mountain and returning to his normal dimension, he discovers an alien organism has attached itself to his car.
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| author | Earl Mac Rauch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey |
| director | W. D. Richter |
| editor | George Bowers Richard Marks |
| events | mad scientist |
| genre | action adventure comedy science fiction |
| keywords | air force alien organism another dimension assassination attempt attack break in broadcast of \'\'the war of the worlds\'\ build capture criminally insane depressed woman drive force hong kong identical twin late wife orson welles plan press conference question record the war of the worlds torture twin sister understand united states air force world war iii wound yoyodyne yoyodyne propulsion systems |
| musicBy | Michael Boddicker |
| producer | Neil Canton W. D. Richter |
| productionCompany | Sherwood Productions |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles |
| theme | action comedy mad scientist parallel universes science fiction action superhero |