Buckaroo Banzai | TheaterFire

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Ssgt_Winstead@reddit

Is that Webster there in the front? 😂

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tgrantt@reddit

Nope. Webster was played by Emmanuel Lewis. This is Blue Blazer irregular Scooter Lindley, played by Damon Hines. (Who also played Murtaugh's son in the Lethal Weapon movies.)

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Haselrig@reddit

Just watched Leviathan the other day and I realized how much I miss Peter Weller in my B movies. He had his own style.

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tgrantt@reddit

He was in one of the later seasons of The Last Ship. Still awesome

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Haselrig@reddit

Didn't catch that one, yet. Good to hear he's still doing his thing.

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tgrantt@reddit

Better than I expected. The last season is a little "God and country" for me (I'm a Canadian) but still quite good.

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Haselrig@reddit

It's one of those shows I hope to catch up on in a magical week where I binge the the whole thing in one go.

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Last-Relationship166@reddit

I never saw that one, but I notice Peter Weller was in it. That guy was excellent in Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch".

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timothypjr@reddit

OH MY GOD YES. That movie haunts me to this day.

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fogcat5@reddit

also robocop -- but Bukaroo was special

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Helenesdottir@reddit

Everybody need see Buckaroo Banzai!

The number of excellent actors in this fun flick stunned me, even back then. This middle-aged teenage girl still watches this again and again.

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Blog_Pope@reddit

Fucking cemented John Lithgow as the best movie villian ever in my mind.

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vague_diss@reddit

Emilio Lizardo and the oscillation overthruster! Laugh-a while you can monkey boy!

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timothypjr@reddit

A damned is your soul and a doomed is your life.

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jackparadise1@reddit

Yep. Came across a hard copy of it 30 years ago. Love it. The credit music at the end is so upbeat!

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arkensto@reddit

Yeah, not counting the guys in the picture and all the bad guys but even the asylum guard was played by the guy that does Mike from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul.

He had hair back then.

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djtodd242@reddit

It's not my goddamned planet, monkey boy!

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ethan__l2@reddit

I loved this movie. I made the mistake of trying to show it to my first girlfriend. That was the first time I realized there's dude movies that you only watch and talk about with other dudes.

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FirstSunbunny@reddit

I’m not a dude, and I adore this film.

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ethan__l2@reddit

It's not a universal rule, just a general one.

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FirstSunbunny@reddit

I think it’s a good litmus test tbh. Those who love this film are the right sort of people.

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ethan__l2@reddit

Maybe you should have been my first girlfriend.

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Get_Bent_Madafakas@reddit

It's always hard to introduce an adult friend to a movie you've loved since you were a child. Maybe this is a good example of a film that a first-time viewer should watch while "not sober"

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SojuSeed@reddit

It’s cool they let Jeff Goldblum were his own stuff.

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Quack_Smith@reddit

glad to see someone else is aware of the awesomeness of this outfit..

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TeamShonuff@reddit

Does the movie explain why he's wearing that getup?

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

His characters name is New Jersey. And he’s wanting to be in Buckaroos band the Hong Kong Cavaliers. In essence, no.

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joshinburbank@reddit

They imply that this is what he "thinks" they dress like because he is a nerdy doctor, not a cool rock star/scientist.

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Yes Buckaroo asks him in the beginning while they’re doing brain surgery whether he’s like to join the band. Aks him is he can sing, and Goldblum replies “I can dance.” This is while other doctors sit around eating Chinese food watching the brain surgery taking place.

I love this movie.

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jackparadise1@reddit

Don’t touch that, you never know what it might be connected to.

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AtariAtari@reddit

It’s part of Jeff Goldblum’s personal attire.

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

"When life uhh... gives you shag carpets. You make uhh... wooly chaps!"

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cipher446@reddit

This movie is legend.

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WielderOfAphorisms@reddit

Love this movie so much. Quote it often.

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arroyoshark@reddit

Laugh while you can monkeyboy.

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mongotongo@reddit

Did you ever notice who monkey boy is? Its a young Jonathan Banks. It about killed me the first time I noticed that.

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arroyoshark@reddit

Oh sh*t! Wow you're right. No I didn't notice that!

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Dick_M_Nixon@reddit

Also played the radar operator in Airplane!

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mongotongo@reddit

Oh wow. I didn't know that one. Thanks.

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gurl_2b@reddit

The kilrathi in the wing commander series, use this as an insult.

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SamCanyon@reddit

“Hey man. Nice jacket! What’s in the big pink box?”

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ButtonsAreForPushing@reddit

"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are"

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WielderOfAphorisms@reddit

Life mantra

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ThirstyWolfSpider@reddit

The preceding line, "Hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean.", isn't too shabby either.

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nomatterwhereyougo@reddit

there you are

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Heyy man. What’s in the Box?

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happycj@reddit

Heyy man ... nice shiny jacket!

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rimshot101@reddit

Why is there a watermelon there?

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Apprehensive-Big7256@reddit

I’ll tell you later.

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calmlikeasexbobomb@reddit

I’ll tell you later

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alienheron@reddit

The President is on the line. Is everything okay or should we go ahead and nuke Russia?

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wiseoldprogrammer@reddit

Tell him yes on one and no on two.

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tgrantt@reddit

So, that yes on yep or Mike nuke Russia?

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OknowTheInane@reddit

So you say you're a true fan, but have you read the book?

It's a pretty good read, and there's a sequel novel that I haven't gotten to yet.

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tgrantt@reddit

Heard bad things about the sequel. YMMV

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BarisBlack@reddit

TIL there is a sequel. I know what I'm doing today after work.

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Both are on my shelf. Retirement goals, along with Infinite Jest.

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BuccaneerRex@reddit

History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark. We must work while the clock she is ticking!

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tgrantt@reddit

Home is where you wear your hat!

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revchewie@reddit

I saw it in the theater, and this was the first DVD I ever bought. I love this movie!

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ghostofdreadmon@reddit

Same here, and I was the ONLY one in the theater. Just like The Rocketeer.

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Dramatic-Counter2281@reddit

Fucking love this movie...also pair well with Night of the Comet.

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Ralewing@reddit

Are you me?

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lordjohnworfin@reddit

I like to believe this and Repo Man are in the same universe.

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VikingLander7@reddit

Oooohhhh. Nice one!

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JFrankParnellEsquire@reddit

I put it with Big Trouble and The Golden Child.

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Buckeye39@reddit

Put Down Twisted on that list too

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Randolpho@reddit

Time to marathon all 4

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SpazzieGirl@reddit

Yes!

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NocturnalPermission@reddit

Hell yes!

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Ralewing@reddit

You can't understand how much I love this film.

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Leicageek@reddit

Laugha whileah you canah mon key boyee!

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OhDatsStanky@reddit

Stumbled across a DVD in a big bargain bin for $3 AT THE GROCERY STORE. Snagged it up to make sure it will be appreciated by my descendants.

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hypothetical_zombie@reddit

Wherever you go, there you are.

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Upper_Reflection_90@reddit

I have a Peter Welles autographed laser disc of this movie

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little_cat8992@reddit

my wife didn't let me name our first son john smallberries and i'll never forgive her.

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Buckaroo__Bonsai@reddit

Show her who’s the boss and change your name to John Smallberries.

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Hot-Trainer-6491@reddit

They don't just make silly movies anymore, I miss shit like this

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10SILUV@reddit

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Ambitious_Budget_671@reddit

Go ahead and whistle that theme song, everybody. You've earned it

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basskittens@reddit

I've been obsessed with it for 40 years. I made my own synth cover of it a while ago.

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Ambitious_Budget_671@reddit

Fantastic! I'd be keen to listen to it if you have it online! It's an all time banger for sure

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basskittens@reddit

Sure. Not my finest work, just a bit of messing around, getting it out my system, etc...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VT4W9e1nr_yersIFcgSkJi2Wea-n7nv5/view?usp=sharing

My real music can be found at basskittens.bandcamp.com if you want to check that out.

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ragepaw@reddit

Awesome!

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jackparadise1@reddit

Thank you!

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Ambitious_Budget_671@reddit

That's awesome! I can relate to needing to get something out of your system - I learned and recorded a cover of "You're the Best" in a couple hours once just because I had to get it out of my head! I'll definitely be checking out your Bandcamp

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nomatterwhereyougo@reddit

It's been my alarm tone forever

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ragepaw@reddit

As soon as I saw the pic, I could hear the music

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M_Solent@reddit

Still waiting for a sequel. Or a reboot.

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

I’d prefer Hollywood keep their slimy mitts off this bit of perfection. But, I’m old and cantankerous

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M_Solent@reddit

I’m of two minds about that. I feel gypped that we never got the sequel promised at the end of the movie. It would’ve been cool with those actors in their prime. Part of me doesn’t want to mess with the magic, part of me wants to see a reboot with modern CGI.

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Snarkapotomus@reddit

I always heard the planned sequel was retooled into Big Trouble in Little China. Not sure if that's true but if it is, I can live with that.

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M_Solent@reddit

Hmmm. I shouldn’t have read that comment right before getting into bed. ….

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Hmm. Man I dunno. The whole thing is wrapped in myth and craziness and I just don’t know if someone could could do it now, narrative wise. But I don’t know as that you’re wrong. I just love this flipping movie!

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M_Solent@reddit

I love it too. Believe me. It would need a director who really cares about the movie, the characters, and the lore. I think they could do it without rehashing it. Have as many of the original actors come back as mentors to a new team or something.

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dfjdejulio@reddit

I think The World Crime League buried it.

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M_Solent@reddit

Those scum.

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Tartmama3@reddit

My goodness… my husband freaking loves this movie. We watch it (loosely) at least 6 times a year. Don’t even get me started how often we have the original Dune on at our house…

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thechervil@reddit

This is without a doubt one of my favorite movies.

Same age as you (54 in a few weeks) and still love it!

My family loves trying to "recast" movies with current actors.

This is one of the few that we can never seem to recast.

Who else could be Buckaroo?

Who else could be Perfect Tommy?

And this is one of the movies I use as an example of John Lithgow's range and true "acting" ability.

And that's not even mentioning Jeff Goldblum or my first exposure to the greatness of Clancy Brown.
That scene (you know the one) always gets me.
Every.time.

The fact that the cast have nothing but good things to say about it is very telling.

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Ok-Description-4640@reddit

Absolutely love Buckaroo Banzai. I’ve never met anyone who saw it in a theater, it was out for like just a week. But all summer there were posters and a novelization and all that but it just never appeared, at least where I was. But once it hit HBO I taped it and watched it at least every other day for a while.

That said, I never read the comics or anything else that’s come out in the last 15 years. Even though it’s the same writer, it’s not the same.

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Shaking-a-tlfthr@reddit

Ooh loves me some Peter Walker.

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LaLaLaLateBar@reddit

Same! His lips are amazing - particularly in Robocop.

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Accurate_Quote_7109@reddit

Yes!!!!!😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤

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WordleFan88@reddit

I am still waiting for the sequel.. THEY PROMISED THERE WOULD BE A SEQUEL!!!!

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Kobalt6x10@reddit

The soundtrack to the end credits scene where they walk toward the camera lives in my head constantly

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Malgus-Somtaaw@reddit

I'm still waiting for the second movie.

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originalmosh@reddit

John BOO-TAY!

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MichaelArnoldTravis@reddit

john smallberries!

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Unclebaldur@reddit

My friend and I met Lewis Smith (Perfect Tommy) in a Dever StarCon hotel hallway. We were going to wait in line for his autograph but the line was WAY too long so we headed up to our room and got off as he entered the elevator. He saw the script in my hand with the photo of the HKC, stepped off the elevator with us, and hung out in the hall JUST WITH us for about 10 min. Absolutely made the event really special for us.

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VikingLander7@reddit

Maybe he really is, ahem, “Perfect.” I’ll show myself out.

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Regular-Bat-4449@reddit

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ghost77911@reddit

Anyone else humming that song right now?

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Digitaljax@reddit

One of my top 10 movies ever

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Further proof that no one does "unhinged villain" or "silly evil" better than John Lithgow.

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fogcat5@reddit

It's not my planet Monkey Boy!!

Where are we going?!?! Planet 10. When are we going? REAL SOON!

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Skeezix_the_Cat@reddit

Except "not my goddamn planet, monkeyboy," was ~~Doc Brown~~ ~~Commander Kruge~~ John Bigboote, not John Worfin, wasn't it?

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edked@reddit

I think people confuse it with Whorfin/Lizardo saying "just you wait, monkeyboy!" in an earlier scene, but yeah, the "not my goddamn planet" line is Bigboote's. "Monkeyboy" seems to be a general Red Lectroid epithet for humans, as they both use it.

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Correct

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-karou-@reddit

This movie needs a prequel so bad...and a sequel

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BuckarooTom@reddit

Perfect Tommy is my hero…

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an0m1n0us@reddit

This was my spiritual successor to Monty Python/Holy Grail. I wore my vhs copy out by the time i was a senior in HS. There were literal bald spots on the tape.

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Farquaadthegreek@reddit

I have no idea what this is ??

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Aural-Robert@reddit

Laffa while you canna mon-kee-boy!

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LostVeterinarian8466@reddit

One of my faves! My husband got it for me on dvd awhile back 🤓

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ResidentNo11@reddit

My children are fully inducted and helping to spread the word about Buckaroo Banzai to their friends. My partner and I must have seen it in the theatre at least five times.

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SnooMemesjellies7469@reddit

There were a few movies in the 80's that tried to launch sequels.

Like Rem Williams: the Adventure Begins and Leonard Part 6 (but we won't talk about that for... reasons)

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happycj@reddit

BIGBOOTIE YOU ARE STUPIDEST PERSON I EVER KNOW!

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SnooMemesjellies7469@reddit

Big Boo-TAY! TAY! TAY! TAY!

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otterfeets@reddit

Shut up, Bigboote, you coward. You are the weakest individual I ever know.

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SpazzieGirl@reddit

My now husband’s love for this movie is how I knew he was the right guy for me. Happily married 35 years.

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wiseoldprogrammer@reddit

40 this year for us! Blue Blaze Irregulars forever!

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FlopShanoobie@reddit

My favorite thing about this movie is how they presented it with all of this backstory, but without explaining ANY of it. Oh, you know how Perfect Tommy is...

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Toby_O_Notoby@reddit

"Hey, why is there a watermelon there?"

"...I'll tell you later..."

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HaikuDaiv@reddit

Let her out. And give her your coat.
Why Me?
Because you're perfect.
You have a point there.

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markyeakey@reddit

It’s a bivouac man, they sleep there.

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Old_Barnacle7777@reddit

I can imagine a movie night with Buckaroo Banzai, Mystery Men, and Repo Man. Wondering what movie others might add.

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BonsaiBuckaroo@reddit

Everybody need see Buckaroo.

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therelybare5@reddit

I preferred “Riders of the Storm” or as some call it, “The American Way” with Dennis Hopper and Michael J. Pollard!

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weenie2323@reddit

Big Boo-tay!

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Old_Barnacle7777@reddit

My favorite John Lithgow role.

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Cute-Ticket-9006@reddit

Perfect movie even without Ellen Barkin, god tier with her 🔥

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Old_Barnacle7777@reddit

Watched this a few years ago and did not remember that Barkin was so sexy in the movie.

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Old_Barnacle7777@reddit

It drives like a truck. What’s a truck?

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TheSwordofPayless@reddit

"No matter where you go, there you are."

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SantaBarbaraMint@reddit

Character is who you are in the dark!

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Dumpstar72@reddit

This is a call out on the pinball machine Ripley believe it or not.

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nomatterwhereyougo@reddit

yes

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TheSwordofPayless@reddit

Here I am

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Clockwork_Eyes@reddit

Don't be mean, we don't have to be mean. Remember, no matter where you go... there you are.

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SantaBarbaraMint@reddit

If you loved the movie try the books and comics.

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alienheron@reddit

The President is on the line. Is everything okay, or should we go ahead and nuke Russia?

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HurtMeSomeMore@reddit

I literally heard the end credits music looking at this picture. Love this movie

SINED, SEELED, and DELIVERED

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Handball_fan@reddit

Was banned from picking the videos on movie night due to this movie

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SamCanyon@reddit

This movie just sticks. Once you’ve seen it, you’ll forever be asking “what did I just see?” Then you’ll watch it over and over and fall in love with it. Very much like Repo Man in that way.

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Tweezus96@reddit

The end of “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” definitely pays homage to Buckaroo Banzai. I bet Wes Anderson is a fan.

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tinglep@reddit

Then you give her your jacket.

Why do I gotta give her my jacket?!

Cause your Perfect.

Oh Yeah.

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Beauphedes_Knutz@reddit

And The Hong Kong Cavaliers, Mr. Boo-Tay.

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Quack_Smith@reddit

r/Robocop

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NegotiationOk4424@reddit

Never seen it. And didn’t know of its existence until Ready Player One.

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changed_later__@reddit

Do yourself a favour.

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NegotiationOk4424@reddit

I tried reading the plot, it’s not a movie for me. Thanks.

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lgnsqr@reddit

Still waiting for the sequel.

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changed_later__@reddit

Sequel not coming. There is a dispute (or at least a lack of clarity) over who owns the rights.

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proscriptus@reddit

Don't, the sequel book was terrible.

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Frankjc3rd@reddit

Rumor has it that the script for the sequel was re-tooled and then released as "Big Trouble in Little China."

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Least-Literature6329@reddit

And the sets!

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andio76@reddit

PURE UNMITIGATED EVIL

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DreadPirateZoidberg@reddit

That actually makes sense

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PoorGovtDoctor@reddit

I love that movie too!

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tOaDeR2005@reddit

There's a comic book.

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mongotongo@reddit

We all are.

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BillyyJackk@reddit

Buck II was released in another dimension, sorry..

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changed_later__@reddit

One of my top 10 all time favourite movies. What a monster cast.

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Luckygecko1@reddit

Thanks for the earworm.

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Gwilym_Ysgarlad@reddit

It's too bad Hollywood doesn't take big swings like this anymore.

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nadiaco@reddit

love this movie

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yoyodyne_PS_inc@reddit

😏

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mdmcgee@reddit

Came here, just for this.

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RiskMatrix@reddit

Greatest end credits sequence ever.

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proscriptus@reddit

If you can figure out how to watch the DVD extras, do yourself a favor and do so. [Director] WD Richter does the whole thing deadpan serious like it was a documentary, it's incredible.

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simstim_addict@reddit

This must be the 80s American version of Vindaloo

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3jake@reddit

I was so fascinated by this movie that I brought the novelization and read it like 5 times, trying to make it make sense… I felt like there was a 100-issue comic that I had missed out on, leading up to the movie but I never found any evidence of it.

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imadork1970@reddit

Wherever you go, there you are.

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marshmallowgiraffe@reddit

God I loved this movie.

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Skatchbro@reddit

And apparently the music for the end credits wasn’t ready so the screen was filmed with the cast walking to “Uptown Girl”. https://theultimaterabbit.com/2017/10/30/peter-weller-and-company-revisit-buckaroo-banzai-at-new-beverly-cinema/

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Far_Pitch_3812@reddit

"No matter where you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai

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otterfeets@reddit

Buckaroo, I don’t know what to say. Lectroids? Planet 10? Nuclear extortion? A girl named “John”?

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Yes.

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PapaRigpa@reddit

Use more honey! Find out what she knows!

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Sword-of-Chaos@reddit

The fact we did not get the sequel is a travesty. This movie slaps. Always been in my top 5.

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InsectNegative8865@reddit

Badass movie! Peter Weller was fucking great!

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hugeuvula@reddit

My old cell phone company had the BB closing credits song as their hold music. When they answered I would be disappointed.

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jmont0021@reddit

The Closing credits are so 80's it hurts.

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Badgrotz@reddit

Peak 80s for sure

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Cloudy_face@reddit

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Cloudy_face@reddit

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happycj@reddit

Absolutely loved this movie as a kid, and have found it holds up throughout the ensuing decades very well.

Maybe someday someone will finally make the sequel with a new cast...

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ThirstyWolfSpider@reddit

And have it wind up like "Total Recall", "Robocop", or "Red Dawn"? Let them wait until I'm dead.

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OGLothar@reddit

And Conan the Barbarian.

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ThirstyWolfSpider@reddit

Huh, I didn't even hear of that one happening. I'm just going to assume they went the O'Brien route on that casting, as at least it could chart a new path.

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MikkyfinN@reddit

An all time favorite

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Prestigious-Box-6492@reddit

No matter where you go, there you are ..

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Dirtweed79@reddit

Peak Ellen Barkin. She's so hot in this.

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nifty1997777@reddit

I love this movie!

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GunnyClaus@reddit

Part II 🙃

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ClassicAdeptness4595@reddit

That's a once a year watch for me. So damn funny.

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sj68z@reddit

hey that's my ringtone

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wyrlwynd@reddit

Me as well

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Netprincess@reddit

Mine too

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FrankW1967@reddit

That was before after credits sequences were "a thing." Do you suppose it was a gag all along or did they want to make that sequel they teased? (Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou paid homage.)

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lanshaw1555@reddit

Had this been a hit there definitely would have been sequels.

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SpazzieGirl@reddit

“Not-a my planet, Monkey Boy.”

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Chinaski420@reddit

Underrated classic

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some_code@reddit

How has nobody created a startup called Yoyodyne yet…

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Prior-Chip-6909@reddit

Are you kidding?? After seeing this pic, I think I need to see this...

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

You do. Well, you did, but just didn’t know it until now.

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OldAndInTheWay42@reddit

"no matter where you go, there you are". was a bumper sticker on my car for decades. What an amazing movie!

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s33k@reddit

Lithium is no longer available on credit.

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critically-confused-@reddit

Buckaroo Banzai

I watch the trailer every now and then, improves my mood without fail

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quasifun@reddit

They are walking in the LA River channel, also seen in Grease and the truck chase in Terminator 2, among other places.

The soundtrack playing during this is kind of a lame instrumental. They filmed the scene with "Uptown Girl" playing on a boombox. The steps match the beat from that song.

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

Hard disagree, love that song.

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quasifun@reddit

It's 80s synth-pop. Maybe I'm just not a fan of the genre? Wikipedia says the composer had a long career as a session musician, maybe that's on me.

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BadKittyRanch@reddit

You left out: Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) and Otto (Emilio Estevez) in Repo Man.

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Grew up catching crawfish, running around and occasionally swimming in it when the rains allowed for it.

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Grndmasterflash@reddit

As a straight male, I even had a crush on Perfect Tommy.

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myopicpickle@reddit

"Give her your jacket, Tommy." "Why me?" "Because you're perfect."

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Effective-Ebb-2805@reddit

I'm still crushing on Ellen Barkin...

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pywacket@reddit

Laugha while you can monkey boy!

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Yes. Need the “ah” inflection at the end of laugh

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mcmbarberton@reddit

"Is somebody out there...crying?"

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fletcherkildren@reddit

I just sponged up a little too much of the Vat 69, that's all.

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Browning1917@reddit

There are monkey boys in the facility!

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random420x2@reddit

Fing masterpiece. And one of the hardest films to explain in history.

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underpantsviking@reddit

"Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!"

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Lazy-Improvement-610@reddit

Black Aliens ✊🏾

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TransitJohn@reddit

The good aliens were black. The bad aliens were white businessmen.

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genismarvel@reddit

One of my all time favs

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KindaKrayz222@reddit

This is how my husband got his nickname monkey boy. 😄

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Walrus_protector@reddit

It took me forever to figure out it's Rawhide wearing the tabi boots (for some reason). I thought it was Pinky for a long time

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con_moto@reddit

Thank you!!! I have been trying to figure that out myself for years! I also kept thinking it was Pinky even though subsequent shots showed it wasn’t.

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ErisianSaint@reddit

Just looking at this picture, I have the end theme song in my head. I'm so happy about it!

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TR3BPilot@reddit

Big component missing from the MCU.

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nomatterwhereyougo@reddit

there you are

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andio76@reddit

Wherever you go......there you are.

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wiseoldprogrammer@reddit

We saw it so many times, got the novelization, you name it. And whenever my wife asks me to do something:

“Why me?” “It might be booby-trapped.”

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IntoTheSunWeGo@reddit

Extra upvote.

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ZooterOne@reddit

I can hear this picture

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forgeblast@reddit

Jeff Goldblum plays the same character in every movie he has done since BB.

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Pizza-n-Coffee37@reddit

This movie started my love affair with Jeff

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mjohnson1971@reddit

Last I checked nobody has it on streaming in the US: is that correct?

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languid-lemur@reddit

It's on Tubi right now. Free with ads, Tubi has short ads and fewer of them.

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Erok2112@reddit

Archive.org has a copy - https://archive.org/details/buckaroobanzai

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revchewie@reddit

"Also, cough cough, physical media..."

This was the first DVD I ever bought.

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

And, from a nerd perspective, the dvd release has the alternate opening to the movie that explains things a bit more. Movie easily beats multiple viewings.

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

bears multiple viewings

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Immediate_Aide_2159@reddit

Incorrect. Tubi and Pluto TV have it right now. Just goto IMDB.com (or the app), and it lists what services are streaming that particular movie ur looking at.

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bikesandbooks@reddit

Currently on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Buckaroo+Banzai

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BillyyJackk@reddit

Just ckecked... looks like free on MgM+, rent $4 on Prime and Apple

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in-a-northerntown@reddit (OP)

Amazon had it for rent/purchase a while back.

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truthisnothateful@reddit

Number 2 on my list of favorites. Streets of Fire is #1.

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Distinct-Oil-3327@reddit

I thought that was Gavin newsome and his cronies

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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

All political posts must be in the moderator designated threads only.

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CakeSnake@reddit

Thanks for helping pick my test movie for the day!

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Weird_Maximum6858@reddit

I bet I watched that movie 100 times 🤣

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Netprincess@reddit

Oh god my favorite movie.

I worked at Advanced Micro Devices and had a yoyodyne parking sticker and one time a group of us went to lunch and a male worker asked me when I worked there..

I told him... :)

Years later I gave him a tiger striped pocket protector he absolutely loved it and used it every day.

I swear they modeled a movie character after him . Good ole Ray used to dry shave in the cube we shared. And had a red swingline ( truth)

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Maximillion666ian666@reddit

My late mother liked that movie

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Equivalent-Hair-961@reddit

It’s one of my favorite films of all time.

I also joined the short-lived official fan club… Was anyone else here in that?

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joshinburbank@reddit

Loved it so much I bought the Marvel comic adaptation, which seems to be pretty rare now. I also saw it in the theater with friends, and we all had so many questions afterward. Lithgow reprised his character on an SNL skit if you can find it. I was crushing hard on Penny Priddy!

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