Everything about The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 American science fiction film by W. D. Richter
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American adventure science fiction comedy film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Peter Weller in the title 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, Matt Clark, Bill Henderson, Jonathan Banks, Carl Lumbly and Ronald Lacey. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: The Etymology of 'Buckaroo'Cited 10 times
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Etymology of 'Buckaroo'
The Lavender Cowboy and "The She Buckaroo": Gene Autry, Patsy Montana, and Depression-Era Gender Roles
Another Look at Buckaroo
Buckaroo Once More
Reins, Riggings, and Reatas: The Outfit of the Great Basin Buckaroo
Buckaroo: A Direct Manipulation Visual Data Wrangler
They Called Him … Buckaroo Sam: The Imagined Life of a Chinese Cowboy
They Called Him … Buckaroo Sam: The Imagined Life of a Chinese Cowboy
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat MouthBarbara Park · 1993
Interrupting chickenDavid Ezra Stein · 2010
Bisexual BuckaroosChuck Tingle · 2019
Buckaroo BanzaiMac Rauch, Stephen Thompson · 2007
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