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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   9,006 votes
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Director:
W.D. Richter
Writer:
Earl Mac Rauch (writer)
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Release Date:
15 August 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world. more
Plot:
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Buckaroo Banzai’ sequel
 (From FlickFilosopher. 2 April 2009, 4:05 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Witty Sci-Fi Spoof more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Company:
Sherwood more

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Trivia:
Overall concept and several names appear to be taken from the Doc Savage pulp magazines of the 30's and 40's: both main characters are multi-talented surgeons, adventurers, and musicians; and both have an inner circle of sidekicks with nicknames (Renny, Ham, Monk, Long Tom, and Johnny, compared to Reno, New Jersey, Perfect Tommy, and Rawhide). more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the closing credit sequence with Buackaroo Banzai and the gang walking in the aqueduct, Perfect Tommy is first seen wearing a white jacket and black pants. As they take their final turn in front of the "Buckaroo Banzai" graffiti on the wall, Perfect Tommy is wearing a completely different outfit - gray jacket and red pants. more
Quotes:
New Jersey: Why is there a watermelon there?
Reno: I'll tell you later.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Angel: Harm's Way (#5.9)" (2004) more

FAQ

Why is there a watermelon there?
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26 out of 34 people found the following comment useful:-
Witty Sci-Fi Spoof, 6 June 2005
10/10
Author: lonevector2000 from United States

W.D Richter's Buckaroo Banzai succeeds on many levels, thanks to a wonderfully droll sensibility and inspired casting. Peter Weller lends a perfect, dead-pan seriousness to the very 'out there' proceedings, while John Lithgow chews up the scenery as the fiendish Dr. Lizardo. Ellen Barkin is particularly fetching as Penny Priddy, while Jeff Goldblum stakes out his turf with an engaging feverishness that is all his own. Christopher Lloyd takes a relatively low-key approach to his role and does well for it, allowing for Lithgow's extravagance. Welding the pieces together is a delirious, kinetic script by Earl M. Rauch.The film, although essentially a spoof of science fiction films and comic book superheroes, remains a delightful, inventive enigma of eighties cinema. The look of the picture is quite good, and (considering it's meager budget) highly-digestible. Given that the film never found a mass audience, it is surprising that so many individuals seem to remember it as vividly, and as fondly as they do. I can only hope that after everyone has gotten their fill of a certain "galaxy far, far away", that a return to the more substantial basics of storytelling and characterization is deemed imperative. Meanwhile sit back, relax, and laugh yourself silly with a charming, 'little' film that tends to be so much more.

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