UW Cinematheque - Special Presentations

The oddest of all 80s cult classics, Buckaroo Banzai follows the exploits of the title character (Robocop’s Weller), a nuclear scientist and rock star. Buckaroo and his team of brainiac musicians use their Oscillation Overthruster to thwart madman Dr. Emilio Lizardo (Lithgow at his most wonderfully strange) and hostile Red Lectoids from the Planet 10. This smart sendup of sci-fi is kept afloat by a straight-faced cast that also includes Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Lloyd.