The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Hollywood fiction often features larger-than-life characters, but few are as large as the protagonist of *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across 8th Dimension*, 1984 science fiction action comedy directed by W.D. Richter. Buckaro Banzai (played by Peter Weller) is a dashing adventurer, gifted nuclear physicist, brilliant neurosurgeon and an accomplished rock musician who tours the world with Hong Kong Cavaliers, h…

It’s hard to believe I’ve never seen this before. Buckaroo Banzai stars Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow and Jeff Goldblum. I can’t even begin to describe the plot of this. It’s a crazy film and it is a lot of fun. Seriously. Buckaroo is a scientist/rockstar/Doctor/other and, with his Hong Kong Caveliers, he does stuff. After he accesses the eighth dimension, he is suddenly needing to save the world from ali…

It’s hard to believe I’ve never seen this before. Buckaroo Banzai stars Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow and Jeff Goldblum. I can’t even begin to describe the plot of this. It’s a crazy film and it is a lot of fun. Seriously. Buckaroo is a scientist/rockstar/Doctor/other and, with his Hong Kong Caveliers, he does stuff. After he accesses the eighth dimension, he is suddenly needing to save the world from ali…