The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

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PG | 1 hr 43 mins | Comedy, Sci-fi, Fantasy | Released: 1/1/1984

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Synopsis:

Genius scientist and adventurer Buckaroo Banzai does battle with some aliens that are unleashed after a high-speed car experiment opens another dimension.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1984

Director	Credit
W.D. Richter	Director
Cast	Credit
Peter Weller	Buckaroo Banzai
John Lithgow	Lord John Whorfin
John Lithgow	Dr Emilio Lizardo
Ellen Barkin	Penny Priddy
Ellen Barkin	Peggy Priddy
Jeff Goldblum	Sidney "New Jersey" Zwibel
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
Clancy Brown	Rawhide
William Traylor	General Catburd
Carl Lumbly	John Parker
Vincent Schiavelli	John O'Connor
Dan Hedaya	John Gomez
Mariclare Costello	Senator Cunningham
Bill Henderson	Casper Lindley
Damon Hines	Scooter Lindley
Billy Vera	Pinky Carruthers
Laura Harrington	Mrs Johnson
Michael Santoro	Billy Travers
Kent Perkins	Mission Control
Jonathan Banks	Lizardo Hospital Guard
Robert Gray	1st Radar Blaze
Gary Bisig	2nd Radar Blaze
Ken Magee	Duck Hunter Burt
James Keane	Duck Hunter Bubba
John Ashton	Highway Patrolman
Yakov Smirnoff	National Security Advisor
Leonard Gaines	Artie Duncan
James Saito	Dr Masado Banzai
Jamie Lee Curtis	Dr Sandra Banzai
Francine Lembi	Television Anchorwoman
John Walter Davis	Star Surgeon
Read Morgan	Exhibitor
James Rosin	John Yaya
Raye Birk	1st Reporter
Jane Marla Robbins	2nd Reporter
Kevin Rodney Sullivan	John Grant
Lawrence Ferguson	Black Lectroid Commander
Radford Polinsky	Marine Lieutenant
Sam Minsky	Kolodny Brother
Robert Hummer	Kolodny Brother
Gerald Peterson	Rug Sucker
Greg Mires	Young Buckaroo
Production Credits	Credit
Neil Canton	Producer
Sidney Beckerman	Executive Producer
Dennis E Jones	Associate Producer
W.D. Richter	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Sherwood Productions	Production Company
Sidney Beckerman Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Studios	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Earl MacRauch	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Selma Brown	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Linda DeScenna	Set Decorator
Virginia L Randolph	Set Designer
J Michael Riva	Production Designer
Rick Carter	Art Director - art direction
Stephen Dane	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Terry Liebling	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Tony Rivetti	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Bruce McBroom	Photography - stills
Edward Morey III	Camera Operator
Fred J Koenekamp	Director of Photography
Mark Freund	Camera Operator - optical camera operator
William L Hayward	Photography - effects photography
William G Clevenger	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Glenn Campbell	Camera Operator - matte camera operator
Mike Beard	Photography - SEM photography
Christopher L Keith	Photography
Music	Credit
Michael Boddicker	Music
Bones Howe	Music Supervisor
Kenneth Karman	Music Editor
Physical Effects	Credit
James M Arnett	Stunt Coordinator
Dream Quest Images	Motion Control - motion control photography
Hoyt Yeatman	Motion Control - motion control supervisor
Scott Squires	Motion Control - motion control supervisor
Michael Bigelow	Motion Control - motion control animator
Fred Iguchi	Motion Control - motion control technician
Thomas Hollister	Motion Control - motion control technician
David Hardberger	Motion Control - motion control technician
William Reilly	Motion Control - motion control technician
Eric Guaglione	Motion Control - motion control assistant
Scott Beattie	Motion Control - motion control assistant
Production Management	Credit
H Bud Otto	Script Supervisor
Michael Neale	Location Manager
Judi Rosner	Production Coordinator
Bryan Dengal	DGA Trainee
Gary Daigler	Assistant Director
Katterli Frauenfelder	Assistant Director
Keith Shartle	Production Coordinator
Publicity	Credit
Anne Thompson	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Doreen Dixon	ADR Editor
Arne Schulze	Sound Effects - synthesized sound effects
John Roesch	Foley
Jim McCann	Boom Operator
Anthony R Milch	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Bones Howe	Sound Design
Michael Evje	Sound - sound recording mixer
Alan Howarth	Sound Effects - synthesized sound effects
John T Reitz	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Joan Rowe	Foley
Gordon Ecker Jr	Sound Editor
David E Campbell	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Gregg Rudloff	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Mark Stetson	Miniatures - miniatures supervision
Henry Millar	Special Effects
R J Robertson	Effects Supervisor
Richard L Thompson	Visual Effects - electronic effects
Rick Heinrichs	Animator - stop-motion animator
Dream Quest Images	Matte Painter - matte art
Wayne Fitzgerald	Titles - title design
Linda Fleischer	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Michael L. Fink	Visual Effects Supervisor - special visual effects supervisor
Gregory Jein	Miniatures - miniatures construction
David Blitstein	Special Effects
Chris Casady	Visual Effects - animation effects
Rick Taylor	Effects Supervisor
John T Van Vliet	Visual Effects - effects animation
James Belohovek	Effects Supervisor
Stephen Burg	Effects Supervisor
Ron Gress	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Mike Hosch	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Layne Bourgoyne	Effects Supervisor
John Schelle	Effects Supervisor
Dennis Schultz	Visual Effects - modelmaker
David Schwartz	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Aggie Guerard Rodgers	Costume Designer
Bari Dreiband-Burman	Makeup
Stephen Robinette	Hair - hairstyles
Eddie Marks	Costume Supervisor
Linda Henrikson	Costumes
Radford Polinsky	Costumes

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