Directed by:
W.D. RichterScreenplay:
Earl Mac RauchCinematography:
Fred J. KoenekampComposer:
Michael BoddickerCast:
Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Ronald Lacey, Matt Clark, Robert Ito, Pepe Serna (more)VOD (2)
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Neurosurgeon. Physicist. Rock Star. Hero. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) is a true 80s renaissance man. With the help of his uniquely qualified team, The Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroo is ready to save the world on a moment's notice. But after his successful test of the Oscillation Overthruster - a device that allows him to travel through solid matter - he unleashes the threat of "evil, pure and simple from the 8th Dimension"... the alien Red Lectroids. Led by the deranged dictator Lord John Whorfin (John Lithgow), the Lectroids steal the Overthruster with the intent of using it to return to their home of Planet 10 "real soon!" But no matter where you go, there Buckaroo Banzai is... ready to battle an interdimensional menace that could spell doom for the human race. (Final Cut Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Peter Weller
USA
Best movies:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Shoot the Moon (1982)
John Lithgow
USA
Best movies:
Shrek (2001)
Interstellar (2014)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Ellen Barkin
USA
Best movies:
Down by Law (1986)
This Boy's Life (1993)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Jeff Goldblum
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Christopher Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Back to the Future (1985)
Lewis Smith
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
North and South (1985) (series)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Rosalind Cash
USA
Best movies:
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV movie)
The New Centurions (1972)
Klute (1971)
Ronald Lacey
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Matt Clark
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Brubaker (1980)
Robert Ito
Canada
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 5: 82517 (1995) (video compilation)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Midway (1976)
Pepe Serna
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
Clancy Brown
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
The Express (2008)
Carl Lumbly
USA
Best movies:
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Vincent Schiavelli
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Amadeus (1984)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Dan Hedaya
USA
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Maverick (1994)
Laura Harrington
USA
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Perfect Witness (1989) (TV movie)
Jonathan Banks
USA
Best movies:
Coming Home (1978)
Reign Over Me (2007)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
John Ashton
USA
Best movies:
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
More American Graffiti (1979)
Night Shift (1982)
Jamie Lee Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Knives Out (2019)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
Trading Places (1983)