Director: W. D. Richter

Writer: Earl Mac Rauch

Music by: Matthew Boddicker

Producers: Neil Canton; W. D. Richter

Keywords: Sci-Fi

Neurosurgeon and rock musician Buckaroo Banzai, with the help of his Hong Kong Cavaliers, use the oscillation overthruster to tunnel a Ford F-350 pickup through a solid mountain via the 8th dimension; malevolent Red Lectroids, heretofore banished in yon dimension, take advantage of the truck's passage to emerge on Earth, co-opting defense contractor Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems in the process. Banzai and the Cavaliers team up with good Black Lectroids and the Blue Blaze Irregulars against the Red Lectroids before they can precipitate a third World War. Important film in the science fiction canon, despite it being a low budget spoof. Many in-jokes and curious references. Now a cult film deserving many rewatchings.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Ashton	Actor	22-Feb-1948		Beverly Hills Cop
Jonathan Banks	Actor	31-Jan-1947		Frank McPike on Wiseguy
Ellen Barkin	Actor	16-Apr-1954		Siesta
Clancy Brown	Actor	5-Jan-1959		Kurgan in Highlander
Rosalind Cash	Actor	31-Dec-1938	31-Oct-1995	The Omega Man
Mariclare Costello	Actor	3-Feb-1936		Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Jeff Goldblum	Actor	22-Oct-1952		The Fly
Dan Hedaya	Actor	24-Jul-1940		Bestubbled character actor, Blood Simple
John Lithgow	Actor	19-Oct-1945		Third Rock From The Sun
Christopher Lloyd	Actor	22-Oct-1938		Jim Ignatowski on Taxi
Carl Lumbly	Actor	14-Aug-1952		Marcus Dixon on Alias
Vincent Schiavelli	Actor	10-Nov-1948	26-Dec-2005	Character actor and cookbook author
Yakov Smirnoff	Comic	24-Jan-1951		What a country
Kevin Rodney Sullivan	Film Director	3-Aug-1958		How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Peter Weller	Actor	24-Jun-1947		The original RoboCop

CAST

Peter Weller	...   Buckaroo Banzai
John Lithgow	...   Dr. Emilio Lizardo / Lord John Whorfin
Ellen Barkin	...   Penny Priddy
Also Starring
Jeff Goldblum	...   New Jersey
Christopher Lloyd	...   John Bigbooté
Lewis Smith	...   Perfect Tommy
Rosalind Cash	...   John Emdall
Robert Ito	...   Prof. Hikita
Pepe Serna	...   Reno Nevada
Ronald Lacey	...   President Widmark
Matt Clark	...   Secretary of Defense
Clancy Brown	...   Rawhide
William Traylor	...   Gen. Catburd
Carl Lumbly	...   John Parker
Vincent Schiavelli	...   John O'Connor
Dan Hedaya	...   John Gomez
Mariclare Costello	...   Sen. 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
Kenneth 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
Raye Birk	...   Reporter
Jane Marla Robbins	...   Reporter
Kevin Rodney Sullivan	...   John Gant
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson	...   Black Lectroid Commander
Radford Polinsky	...   Marine Lt.
Sam Minsky	...   Kolodny Brother
Robert Hummer	...   Kolodny Brother
Gerald Peterson	...   Rug Sucker

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