Genre:
Adventure + Comedy

Synopsis:
Buckaroo Banzai is a rock-star/brain-surgeon / comic-book-hero/samurai/ etc who along with his group, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil creatures from the 8th dimension (all named John) who are trying to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Pretty, who is a dead ringer for his ex-wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica.
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Casts:
Peter Weller .... Buckaroo Banzai
John Lithgow .... Lord John Whorfin/Dr. Emilio Lizardo
Ellen Barkin .... Penny Priddy
Jeff Goldblum .... New Jersey
Christopher Lloyd .... John Bigboote
Lewis Smith .... Perfect Tommy
Rosalind Cash .... John Emdall
Robert Ito .... Professor Hikita
Pepe Serna .... Reno Nevada
Ronald Lacey .... President Widmark
Matt Clark .... Secretary of Defense McKinley
Clancy Brown .... Rawhide
William Traylor .... General Catburd
Carl Lumbly .... John Parker
Vincent Schiavelli .... John O'Connor

Superheroes:
Buckaroo Banzai

Runtime:
103 min

Based on the comic book:
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai"

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