"Hey, hey, hey, hey now. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, 'cause, remember...no matter where you go, there you are."
-- Buckaroo Banzai, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Hey there, movie fans! My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we reopen the Drunk Cinema Theatre to discuss The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the 1984 science fiction cult classic directed by W.D. Richter and featuring Peter Weller as Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, John Lithgow as Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin, Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy, Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey, and Christopher Lloyd as John Bigbootél
In this fourth episode, Xan and I discuss things like Buckaroo Banzai being one of Xan's two all-time favorite movies, Xan meeting Peter Weller and Christopher Lloyd, Xan and Chris' Banzai Institute wedding invitations, Xan's email tribute to Buckaroo's enemy Hanoi Xan, Fox's proposed 1998 TV series Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets and New Mysteries, Kevin Smith's proposed 2016 TV series adaptation, the alternate opening featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as Buckaroo's mom, Ford trucks not being structurally capable of going 900 MPH, Perfect Tommy being the definitive '80s character, Billy Vera and the Beaters as Buckaroo's backup bands, that awkward moment when Penny Priddy tries to kill herself with a gun and gets mistaken for an assassin, Buckaroo wanting Penny to hold his Overthruster, Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, the creepiness of Buckaroo being attracted to Penny because she's the twin sister of his dead wife, the thermopod flying like a truck, the Black Lectroids impractical chairs, the modern credit sequence after the movie, the greatness of the Buckaroo Banzai theme, filming the end credits to the sound of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", John Lithgow in The World According to Garp, Xan getting her Madeline Kahn on, and more!
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Be sure to come back next month for Episode 005, as Xan and discuss Young Frankenstein, the 1974 comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks and featuring Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Peter Boyle as The Monster, Marty Feldman as Igor, Teri Garr as Inga, and Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth!