The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

"Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world."

1984

1h 43m

6.0(470 votes)

Science Fiction

Comedy

Adventure

Romance

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.

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36 members

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Peter Weller

Buckaroo Banzai

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John Lithgow

Lord John Whorfin

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Ellen Barkin

Penny Priddy

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Jeff Goldblum

New Jersey

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Christopher Lloyd

John Bigboote

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Lewis Smith

Perfect Tommy

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Rosalind Cash

John Emdall

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Robert Ito

Professor Hikita

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Pepe Serna

Reno Nevada

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Ronald Lacey

President Widmark

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Matt Clark

Secretary of Defense

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Clancy Brown

Rawhide

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William Traylor

General Catburd

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Carl Lumbly

John Parker

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Vincent Schiavelli

John O'Connor

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Dan Hedaya

John Gomez

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Mariclare Costello

Senator Cunningham

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Bill Henderson

Casper Lindley

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Damon Hines

Scooter Lindley

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Billy Vera

Pinky Carruthers

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Laura Harrington

Mrs. Johnson

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Michael Santoro

Billy Travers

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Jonathan Banks

Lizardo Hospital Guard

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Robert Gray

Radar Blazer

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Gary Bisig

Radar Blazer

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Kent Perkins

Mission Control

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John Ashton

Highway Patrolman

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Ken Magee

Duck Hunter Burt

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James Keane

Duck Hunter Bubba

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Yakov Smirnoff

National Security Advisor

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Leonard Gaines

Artie Duncan

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Francine Lembi

TV Anchorwoman

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John Walter Davis

Star Surgeon

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Read Morgan

Exhibitor

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James Rosin

John Yaya

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Sam Minsky

Kolodny Brother

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