Rent The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
3.0 of 5 from 128 ratings
1h 38min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai (Peter Weller) just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he's the first man ever to travel to the Eight Dimension...and come back sane! But when his sworn enemy, the demented Dr. Lizardo (John Lithgow), devises a plot to steal the Overthruster and bring an evil army of aliens back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in an extra-dimensional battle that could result in total annihilation of the universe!
- Actors:
- Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Robert Ito, Pepe Serna, Ronald Lacey, Matt Clark, Clancy Brown, William Traylor, Carl Lumbly, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Mariclare Costello, Bill Henderson, Damon Hines, Billy Vera
- Directors:
- W.D. Richter
- Producers:
- Neil Canton, W.D. Richter
- Writers:
- Earl Mac Rauch
- Aka:
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- Studio:
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/07/2015
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Writer-Director W.D. Richter and Reno (Writer Earl Mac Rauch)
- The Tao of Buckaroo: A Brand New Interview with Peter Weller on His Role as Buckaroo Banzai Lord John: A Brand New Interview with John Lithgow Who Discusses Working on the Film Buckaroo Banzai Declassified - An Original Featurette on The Making of the Film Featuring W.D. Richter, Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow and More!
- Lincoln Center G&A featuring Peter Weller and John Lithgow Moderated by Filmmaker and Buckaroo fan Kevin Smith, Filmed as Part of the 2011 New York Film Festival
- Adventures in the 8th Dimension: A Visual Essay by Critic and Author Matt Zoller Seitz
- Alternate Opening Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis Presented in Isolation and as Part of the Extended Feature
- Closing Sequence Presented Without Credits
- Deleted Scenes, Featuring Fourteen Scenes from the Workprint
- New Jet Car Trailer and Teaser Trailer
- Easter Egg
- Gallery
- Banzai Radio
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Reviews (2) of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
The decade that taste forgot - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension review by Kurtz
I was hoping that this might be a satirical send-up of science-fiction/adventure movies from Lucas and Spielberg but it was all a bit of a mess and the humour- I mean, it was surely too daft to take itself seriously, wasn’t it?- was lost in a whirlwind of dreadful eighties music and fashions. When the fate of mankind rests in the hands of a be-gelled Peter Weller who’s dressed like an extra from “Miami Vice”, it’s time to make your peace with your Maker. As well as Weller, Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin and Clancy Brown of “Highlander” fame also waste their (and our) time.
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The Most Important Film Ever Made About Interdimensional Brain Surgery - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension review by griggs
Buckaroo Banzai is less a film and more a transmission from another dimension that just happened to land on VHS. It throws everything at the screen—sci-fi, kung fu, Cold War paranoia, comic books, rock bands, aliens, brain surgery—and dares you to keep up. The plot barely qualifies as one, but that’s hard the charm. You’re just supposed to go with the flow and enjoy the weird.
The cast is ridiculous. Peter Weller deadpans through quantum gibberish, Ellen Barkin plays it heartbreakingly straight, and John Lithgow’s Italian accent veers between Soviet madman and Looney Tune depending on the vowel. Christopher Lloyd and Clancy Brown lurk in the background like a weird buddy cop spin-off movie, within the movie. And then there’s Jeff Goldblum, dressed as a cowboy neurosurgeon named New Jersey, casually stealing every scene without seeming to know what film he’s in—or caring.
It’s clearly try to be everything, and while that leads to confusion, it also means you’re never bored. Whether that qualifies as brilliance or chaos is debatable. But if you’ve ever wanted to watch a jet car breach dimensional walls while a rock band saves teh world, Buckaroo Banzai is exactly your flavour of madness.
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