The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Aug 10, 1984

1h 43m

★ 6.0

Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world.

Overview

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Genres

Science Fiction

Comedy

Adventure

Romance

Production Companies

Sherwood Productions

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Cast

Buckaroo Banzai

Peter Weller

Lord John Whorfin

John Lithgow

Penny Priddy

Ellen Barkin

New Jersey

Jeff Goldblum

John Bigboote

Christopher Lloyd

Perfect Tommy

Lewis Smith

John Emdall

Rosalind Cash

Professor Hikita

Robert Ito

Reno Nevada

Pepe Serna

President Widmark

Ronald Lacey

Secretary of Defense

Matt Clark

Rawhide

Clancy Brown

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