The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $17,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $6,254,148.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 19.117 |
Directed By
W.D. Richter
Crew
Fred J. Koenekamp
Earl Mac Rauch
W.D. Richter
Michael Boddicker
George Bowers
Neil Canton
Billy Clevenger
Stephen Dane
Sherman Labby
Virginia Randolph-Weaver
Edward Morey III
Bruce McBroom
Michael Evje
Katterli Frauenfelder
Bones Howe
Linda DeScenna
M. James Arnett
Dennis E. Jones
David P. Newell
Rick Carter
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Gary Daigler
Bari Dreiband-Burman
Anthony Milch
Michael G. Nathanson
Tony Rivetti Sr.
Doreen A. Dixon
Terry Liebling
Michael L. Fink
Tom Southwell
H. Bud Otto
Sal Orefice
Erik L. Nelson
Eddie Marks
Cheryl Bloch
Gregg Rudloff
Rocco Gioffre
Bones Howe
Tom Cranham
Stephen Robinette
John Roesch
George Stokes
Gordon Ecker
Kenneth Karman
James M. McCann
Henry Millar
John T. Reitz
Judi Rosner
David Blitstein
Linda Henrikson
John Murray
Joan Rowe
David E. Campbell
Michael Neale
Brian Ralph
Wayne Fitzgerald
Gary Hellerstein
Mic Rodgers
Michael Runyard
Jane Schwartz Jaffe
Tommy J. Huff
Sidney Beckerman
W.D. Richter
Dennis E. Jones
Richard Marks
J. Michael Riva
TOP CAST
Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai
John Lithgow
Lord John Whorfin
Ellen Barkin
Penny Priddy
Jeff Goldblum
New Jersey
Christopher Lloyd
John Bigboote
Lewis Smith
Perfect Tommy
Rosalind Cash
John Emdall
Robert Ito
Professor Hikita
Pepe Serna
Reno Nevada
Ronald Lacey
President Widmark
Matt Clark
Secretary of Defense
Clancy Brown
Rawhide
William Traylor
General Catburd
Carl Lumbly
John Parker
Vincent Schiavelli
John O'Connor
Dan Hedaya
John Gomez
Mariclare Costello
Senator Cunningham
Bill Henderson
Casper Lindley
Damon Hines
Scooter Lindley
Billy Vera
Pinky Carruthers
Laura Harrington
Mrs. Johnson
Michael Santoro
Billy Travers
Jonathan Banks
Lizardo Hospital Guard
Robert Gray
Radar Blazer
Gary Bisig
Radar Blazer
Kent Perkins
Mission Control
John Ashton
Highway Patrolman
Ken Magee
Duck Hunter Burt
James Keane
Duck Hunter Bubba
Yakov Smirnoff
National Security Advisor
Leonard Gaines
Artie Duncan
Francine Lembi
TV Anchorwoman
John Walter Davis
Star Surgeon
Read Morgan
Exhibitor
James Rosin
John Yaya
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