Film

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984 · 1h 43m · Science Fiction · Comedy · Adventure

Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world.

IMDb

6.2

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

Metacritic

70

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from 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

Dan Hedaya

John Gomez

• W.D. RichterDirector · Producer
• Earl Mac RauchScreenplay
• Neil CantonProducer
• Sidney BeckermanExecutive Producer
• Fred J. KoenekampDirector of Photography
• Michael BoddickerOriginal Music Composer
• George BowersEditor
• Richard MarksEditor
• Terry LieblingCasting

Buckaroo Banzai Digital Trailer.mp4

Release date

August 10, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$6,254,148

Genres

Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance

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