Lam & Shane Talk The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | The World Crime League

*** SPOILER TALK *** Check out our YouTube Channel for this Podcast! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaO7onafU0xGWnT1Qdx01jQ The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often  shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American science fiction film  produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It  stars Peter Weller in the titular role, with Ellen Barkin, John  Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd. The supporting cast  includes Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Robert  Ito, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Jonathan Banks, John Ashton, Carl  Lumbly and Ronald Lacey. The film centers upon the efforts of the polymath Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, a  physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, and rock star, to save the world  by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids  from Planet 10. The film is a cross between the action-adventure and  science fiction film genres and also includes elements of comedy and  romance.