| The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Special Edition) (1984)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Peter Weller |
Buckaroo Banzai
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| John Lithgow |
Lord John Whorfin/Dr. Emilio Lizardo
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| Ellen Barkin |
Penny Priddy
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| Jeff Goldblum |
New Jersey
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| Christopher Lloyd |
John Bigboote
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| Lewis Smith |
Perfect Tommy
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| Rosalind Cash |
John Emdall
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| Robert Ito |
Professor Hikita
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| Pepe Serna |
Reno Nevada
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| Ronald Lacey |
President Widmark
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| Weller |
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| Barkin |
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| Goldblum |
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| Lloyd |
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| L |
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| John Ashton |
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| Jonathan Banks |
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| Raye Birk |
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| Clancy Brown |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Comedy; Romance; Science Fiction |
| Director |
W.D. Richter; Michael Arick |
| Producer |
Neil Canton; W.D. Richter; Sidney Beckerman |
| Writer |
Earl Mac Rauch |
| Studio |
MGM/UA |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
103 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
5.9 |
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| Plot |
| Peter Weller plays that Renaissance Man, Buckaroo Banzai, a neurosurgeon, car racer, rock singer, and alien chaser in this overdone sci-fi adventure from 1984. After crashing his nuclear-fueled race car and causing a disturbance in the eighth dimension, Banzai releases some extremely unappealing aliens into our atmosphere. First-time director W.D. Richter (Late for Dinner) pulls out all the stops, resulting in a manic dash that is often incoherent. The intent may have been to re-create old-time serials with a pulp-fiction bent, but the screenplay, full of macho dialogue and cool poses, tries too hard. We could have done with a less complicated story and more character development. Still, consider this flawed fun, because it may be silly, but it is also clever. Originally released as The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension. -- Rochelle O'Gorman |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
027616862785 |
| Release Date |
6/8/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [French] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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