Buckaroo Banzai - Die 8. Dimension

Originaltitel: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984
16
1 Std. 43 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

30.584

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.639

1.034

Buckaroo Banzai - Die 8. Dimension (1984)

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Space Sci-Fi Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi

Der Abenteurer, Hirnchirurg und Rockmusiker Buckaroo Banzai und sein Krimi-Team, die Hong Kong Cavaliers, müssen böse Alien-Invasoren aus der achten Dimension stoppen, die die Erde erobern w... Alles lesenDer Abenteurer, Hirnchirurg und Rockmusiker Buckaroo Banzai und sein Krimi-Team, die Hong Kong Cavaliers, müssen böse Alien-Invasoren aus der achten Dimension stoppen, die die Erde erobern wollen.Der Abenteurer, Hirnchirurg und Rockmusiker Buckaroo Banzai und sein Krimi-Team, die Hong Kong Cavaliers, müssen böse Alien-Invasoren aus der achten Dimension stoppen, die die Erde erobern wollen.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

30.584

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.639

1.034

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Jamie Lee Curtis played Buckaroo's mother in a flashback, but this scene was deleted. The scene is available on the recent DVD release as an optional prequel to the theatrical version, and as a special feature. Jamie Lee Curtis is visible in a photo on the dashboard of the jet car in the wide-screen version.

Patzer
During the closing credit sequence with Buackaroo Banzai and the gang walking in the aqueduct, Perfect Tommy is first seen wearing a white jacket and black pants. As they take their final turn in front of the "Buckaroo Banzai" graffiti on the wall, Perfect Tommy is wearing a completely different outfit - gray jacket and red pants.

Zitate
Mission Control: Buckaroo, The White House wants to know is everything ok with the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia?
Buckaroo Banzai: Tell him yes on one and no on two.
Mission Control: Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia... or number 2?

Crazy Credits
The credits end with the announcement of the upcoming sequel "Buckaroo Banzai Versus The World Crime League". As of 2023, that film has yet to be made, pending approval from the film's current rights holders, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lion Corp.

Alternative Versionen
UK theatrical version was cut a little bit due to the distributor wanting a PG rating. It has since been released uncensored on video with a 15 rating (later re-rated to 12 in 2003).

Verbindungen
Featured in At the Movies: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle/Dreamscape/The Adventures of the Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension/The Bostonians/Metropolis (1984)

Soundtracks
Since I Don't Have You
(uncredited)
Written by Joseph Rock and James Beaumont with The Skyliners
Performed by Peter Weller

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Get over it, junior Eberts!

I've read several comments by people under the age of 30 who trash on this film, call it crap, and characterize us fans as vapid, thorazine-addled retards. Whatever makes you happy, folks! If trashing on a film that was seminal in the annals of low-budget cinematic resourcefulness makes you feel special then I'm happy for you.

There is a reason we love this film. The script is clever, a veritable mosaic of silly twists and throwaway jokes so layered that it takes multiple viewings to keep up with it all (favorite line: "It's not my ******* planet, Monkey Boy!"). And the direction and approach is equally exciting: rather than annoy us with underfinanced special effects that pretend to be Lucasfilm quality, the director revels in his low budget, using conk shells as models for space ships and populating alien ship interiors with tubes, pipes, rods and duct tape. The aliens come off as resourceful-albeit-goofy packrats, bumbling about and managing to stay just a few steps ahead of Buckaroo until the very end.

For many of us over 30, this film was something special. We caught it at midnight movie houses and relished in the warm presence of a movie made by people who shared our dark, twisted senses of humor. In college, it was a regular rental; we held Bonzai parties, dressed as characters, turned it into our private video Rocky Horror. No, it's not Citizen Kane ... but what do you want from a movie called Buckaroo Bonzai?