The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) - You Can't See Them...But They Can See You.


The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
You Can't See Them...But They Can See You.
( Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi )

Cast:

Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy Rosalind Cash as John Emdall Robert Ito as Professor Hikita Pepe Serna as Reno Nevada Matt Clark as Secretary of Defense McKinley Clancy Brown as Rawhide William Traylor as General Catburd Carl Lumbly as John Parker Vincent Schiavelli as John O'Connor Dan Hedaya as John Gomez Mariclare Costello as Senator Cunningham Bill Henderson as Casper Lindley Damon Hines as Scooter Lindley Billy Vera as Pinky Carruthers Laura Harrington as Mrs. Eunice Johnson Michael Santoro as Billy Travers Jonathan Banks as Jack the Orderly Robert Gray as Radar Blazer		Gary Bisig as Radar Blazer Kent Perkins as Mission Control John Ashton as Highway Patrolman Kenneth Magee as Duck Hunter Burt James Keane as Duck Hunter Bubba Yakov Smirnoff as National Security Advisor Leonard Gaines as Artie Duncan Francine Lembi as TV Anchorwoman John Walter Davis as Star Surgeon James Rosin as John Ya Ya Raye Birk as Reporter Jane Marla Robbins as Reporter Kevin Rodney Sullivan as John Ganty Jessie Lawrence Ferguson as Black Lectroid Commander Radford Polinsky as Marine Lt. Sam Minsky as Kolodny Brother Robert Hummer as Kolodny Brother Jamie Lee Curtis as Sandra Banzai (scenes deleted) James Saito as Masado Banzai (scenes deleted) Greg Mires as Young Buckaroo (uncredited) Matthew Mires as Young Buckaroo (uncredited) Michele Hess as (uncredited)

Crew:

James Belohovek animator: VCE Steve Burg animator: VCE Billy Clevenger second assistant camera Wayne Fitzgerald title designer Dave Friedman still photographer Rick Heinrichs stop motion animator: Greenlite Gary Hellerstein transportation coordinator Steve Hellerstein transportation captain Linda Henrikson costumer Bones Howe music supervisor Jane Schwartz Jaffe first assistant editor Gregory Jein minatures: Greenlite Peter Kuran effects supervisor: VCE Robin Dean Leyden electronics designer		Bruce McBroom still photographer Edward Morey III camera operator John Murray key grip Michael G. Nathanson executive in charge of production Sal Orefice gaffer H. Bud Otto script supervisor Radford Polinsky costumer Tony Rivetti first assistant camera R.J. Robertson animator: VCE Judi Rosner production coordinator Dan Roth adr voice John Scheele effects supervisor: Greenlite Rick Taylor animator: VCE Robert Wilcox video engineering consultant

Special Effects:

Dream Quest Images	.....	motion control photography and matte paintings
Dreamstate Effects
Greenlite Inc.	.....	8th dimension sequence
The Burman Studio Inc.	.....	special make-up design
Visual Concept Engineering (VCE)	.....	animated visual effects

Miscellaneous Companies:

Bodifications, Inc.	.....	special synthesized sound effects
Compact Sound Services	.....	re-recording services
Modern Film Effects	.....	opticals
Thrust Racing	.....	jet car manufacturer
Zeiderman, Oberman & Associates, Inc.	.....	production accounting

Filming Locations:

609 E. Channel Rd., Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA [Banzai Institute Front Gate]
757 Kingsman Ave., Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA [Buckaroo’s House]
Alpha Tubing - 2730 E. 37th St., Vernon, California, USA [Prof. Hikita’s lab 1938]
ARMCO Steel Plant - 524 Border Ave., Torrance, California, USA [Lectoid Launch hanger at Toyodyne Propulsion]
Bethlehem Steel Corporation - 3300 E. Slauson Ave., Vernon, California, USA [Banzai Institute Laboratory]
Bill Brothers Bldg - 440 Seaton St., Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA [Nightclub]
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Ave., Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA [Hotel]
DWP Harbor Plant - 161 N. Island Ave., Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA [Toyodyne Shock Tower]
El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA [Texas Vista test site - start]
Firestone Rubber Plant - 2323 E. Firestone Blvd., Southgate, California, USA [Yoyodyne/The Pitt]
Lakeview Medical Center - 116 Eldridge Ave., Lakeview Terrace, Los Angeles, California, USA [Hospital]
Rabbit Dry Lake, Lucerne Valley, California, USA [Texas Vista test site - end]
Rocky Oaks Park - Kanan & Mulholland Dr., Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA [crash site]
Sepulveda VA Hospital - 16111 Plummer, Sepulveda, Los Angeles, California, USA [President’s hospital room]
UCLA Bio-Medical - 900 Veterans Ave., Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA [Banzai Institute Interiors]
VA Hospital - 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA [Home for the Criminally Insane]
Venice Jail - 685 Venice Blvd., Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA [New Brunswick Police Station]

Tech Info:

Color Info: Color (Metrocolor)
Cinematographic Process: Panavision
Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track / Dolby

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Film Negative Format: 35 mm
Printed Film Format: 35 mm

Quotes:

Buckaroo Banzai: You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside the head it all looks the same. No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to.
Scooter Lindley: Dad! Dad! Buckaroo's in trouble!
Casper Lindley: Say what?
Perfect Tommy: Pictures don't lie.
Reno: The hell they don't. I met my first wife that way.
Orderly: Who are you today, Doc? Einstein?
Lord John Whorfin: Lord John Worfin. If there's one thing I hate, it's to be mistaken for somebody else.
Lord John Whorfin: Where are we going?
Red Lectroids: Planet Ten!
Lord John Whorfin: When?
Red Lectroids: Real soon!

Trivia:

When it came time to film the end titles sequence, where Buckaroo and pals are walking around a dry LA aqueduct in step to the music, the music wasn't ready. Composer Michael Boddicker told the film crew to use "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel as a placeholder because it was the exact same tempo. Those scenes were filmed with "Uptown Girl" blaring from a boom box tied to the back of the camera truck.
W.D. Richter wrote a screenplay for a sequel to this film. The never produced "Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League" was eventually re-tooled into BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.
Overall concept and several names appear to be taken from the Doc Savage pulp magazines of the 30's and 40's: both main characters are multi-talented surgeons, adventurers, and musicians; and both have an inner circle of sidekicks with nicknames (Renny, Ham, Monk, Long Tom, and Johnny, compared to Reno, New Jersey, Perfect Tommy, and Rawhide).
Jamie Lee Curtis played Buckaroo's mother in a flashback, but this scene was cut.
The latitude and longitude recited by the technicians during the "alignment" of the Oscillation Overthruster are the coordinates of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)

MGM Special Edition

Multiple hidden features

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