The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Year:
Duration:
103 min
Genres:
Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
W.D. Richter
Awards:
5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1984-08-10
Filming Locations: 609 E. Channel Rd., Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $620,279 (USA) (12 August 1984)
Gross: $6,227,998 (USA) (16 December 1984)
Cast
Actor
Character
Dan Hedaya
Dan Hedaya
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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
Mariclare Costello
Senator Cunningham
Bill Henderson
Casper Lindley
Damon Hines
Scooter Lindley
Billy Vera
Pinky Carruthers
Laura Harrington
Mrs. Johnson
Michael Santoro
Billy Travers
Jonathan Banks
Lizardo Hospital Guard
Robert Gray
Radar Blazer
Gary Bisig
Radar Blazer
Kent Perkins
Mission Control
John Ashton
Highway Patrolman (as John David Ashton)
Kenneth Magee
Duck Hunter Burt
James Keane
Duck Hunter Bubba
Yakov Smirnoff
National Security Advisor
Leonard Gaines
Artie Duncan
Francine Lembi
TV Anchorwoman
John Walter Davis
Star Surgeon
Read Morgan
Exhibitor
James Rosin
John Yaya
Raye Birk
Reporter
Jane Marla Robbins
Reporter
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
John Gant
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Black Lectroid Commander
Radford Polinsky
Marine Lt.
Sam Minsky
Kolodny Brother
Robert Hummer
Kolodny Brother
Gerald Peterson
Rug Sucker
Jamie Lee Curtis
Sandra Banzai - Buckaroo's Mother (scenes deleted)
James Saito
Masado Banzai, Buckaroo's Father (scenes deleted)
Matthew Earnest
Drunk niteclub patron (uncredited)
Michele Hess
(uncredited)
Greg Mires
Young Buckaroo
Matthew Mires
Young Buckaroo
Did you know?
Trivia
Between his escape from the insane asylum and his ransom call, the movie's main villain, John Worfin, is not seen for more than 42 straight minutes - over 40% of the film's runtime.
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In one scene, Reno refers to Orson Welles as "the guy from the old wine commercials". This is a reference to Welles' popular TV commercials in the 1970s for the Paul Masson Winery (now known as Mountain Winery), where he used the slogan "We will sell no wine before it's time." In the early 1980s, Welles was fired from the advertising campaign after stating on a US talk show that he never drank the company's wine.
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On "At the Movies" in 1984 just before the film's release, Gene Siskel correctly guessed that the movie would attain cult status.
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Goofs
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.
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When Banzai is in the rocket car, and plugs the module in, you can hear them reading out his location as N28º 36' 30.32", W80º 36' 14.8". This is the location of the Saturn causeway at Kennedy Space Center. NOT the middle of a desert, with a convenient mountain to fly through.
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John Bigboote's glasses disappear and reappear between shots when he holds Professor Ikeda in a head-lock.
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Quotes
John Parker: [as the pod-ship is in a free-fall] I'm a diplomat! I failed flight school!
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General Catburd: The man's been through solid matter, for crying out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's scrambled his molecules. All I'm saying is, Mr. President, let's not panic.
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Perfect Tommy: [said to Buckaroo] Don't embarrass us.
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Faq
Q
Why is there a watermelon there?
A
Two answers from the Blue Blaze Irregulars fan club (way back in the eighties). We all received a newsletter that had an interview with the makers: 1) they said that they added that line to add a bit of humor to the chase scene and 2) they said that, in the reality of the movie, Buckaroo is always looking to help the poor without having to deal with governments, so the watermelon is being tested to withstand the forces of being air-dropped to the hungry. Can't have our watermelons exploding upon impact, can we?In the DVD commentary, the director states that the watermelon was put in the scene to test whether the studio was actually looking at the dailies.
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Photos from cast
Dan Hedaya
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