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Where was The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension filmed?

1984 film, directed by W. D. Richter.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in New Jersey, about 2,423 miles (3,900 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New Jersey
Filmed in
Los Angeles
Distance
About 2,423 miles (3,900 km) between New Jersey and the nearest filming location.
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About The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

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Released
1984
Director
W. D. Richter
Cast
Peter WellerEllen BarkinJohn LithgowJeff GoldblumChristopher LloydLewis SmithCarl LumblyClancy BrownMatt ClarkRobert Ito
Genre
SuperheroScience FictionScience Fiction ComedyComedy

Tohichi Hikita perfect the "oscillation overthruster", a device that allows an object to pass through solid matter.

Emilio Lizardo, incarcerated at the Trenton Home for the Criminally Insane, sees a television news story of Banzai's successful test.

Banzai and his band, "The Hong Kong Cavaliers", are performing at a nightclub when Banzai interrupts their musical intro to speak to a sad woman in the audience, Penny Priddy.

Famous lines from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Say what?!Casper Lindley
  • Have I ever?Buckaroo Banzai
  • Don't embarrass us.Perfect Tommy
  • Uh-huh. Can you sing?Buckaroo Banzai
  • Do you have an opening?New Jersey

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