Cult 101: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) 4K Restoration
Director: W.D. Richter Run Time: 103 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1984
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Country: United States
Language: English
Cult 101 at Gateway Film Center
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Nominated for Best Family Motion Picture at the 1985 Young Artist Awards.
Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai has just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he’s the first man ever to travel to the Eight Dimension…and come back sane!
“I loved that it took any number of film genres and slammed them all together into one crazy-quilt narrative. I loved the idea of a hero who was valued more for his brains than for his ability to beat the bad guys into a pulp.”
—Peter Sobczynski, Rogerebert.com
But when his sworn enemy, the demented Dr. Lizardo, devises a plot to steal the Overthruster and bring an evil army of aliens back to destroy Earth, Buckeroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in an extra-dimensional battle that could result in total annihilation of the universe.
About the filmmaker:
W.D Richter is a Screenwriter and Director who began screenwriting for Hollywood in the 1970’s. He graduated from Dartmouth College and went to USC Film School. Richter is known for his films Invasion of The Body Snatchers (1978), Stealth (2005), and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across (1984) which was nominated for Best Family Motion Picture at the 1985 Young Artist Awards.
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