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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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Release Date	August 10, 1984
Genre	Sci Fi, Space Opera, Comedy
Director	W. D. Richter
Screenwriter	Earl Mac Rauch
Stars	Peter Weller John Lithgow Ellen Barkin Jeff Goldblum Christopher Lloyd
Studio	20th Century Fox

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a cult classic 1984 movie from writer Earl Mac Rauch and director W. D. Richter about a brain surgeon/rock star/martial arts expert named Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) and his posse of adventurer sidekicks called the Hong Kong Cavaliers. The complex plot starts when Buckaroo seemingly drives his Jet Car into the side of a mountain, although he actually takes it into the 8th dimension using a device called an oscillation overthruster.

This triggers a series of events that leads Buckaroo and the Cavaliers to the realization that Earth was really invaded in 1938 during the Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" broadcast, and the radio show was just a cover up. The invaders were Red Lectroids from Planet 10 though, not Martians, and they are still around. Their leader, the evil Dr. Emilio Lizardo (John Lithgow), wants Buckaroo's overthruster so he can return to Planet 10 via the 8th dimension. The rival Black Lectroids tell Buckaroo he has to stop Lizardo or they will be forced to destroy the Earth to foil Lizardo's plans.

The ending of the film promised a sequel called Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League that has so far not been made. Then in the late 1990s Fox commissioned a script by Richter for a TV pilot called "Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets & New Mysteries" that was later abandoned. Most recently, Moonstone Books plans to release the graphic novel Buckaroo Banzai: Return of the Screw in April 2006.

The film was released on DVD by MGM in 1997 and as a special edition in 2002. The special edition features a documentary on the making of the film called "Buckaroo Banzai Declassified".

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