The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

is a Harley Davidson XR1000. 224 00:36:21,901 --> 00:36:25,235 This bike was a special production number and very few were made. 225 00:36:25,304 --> 00:36:28,035 (Today this model is quite collectable.) 226 00:36:28,107 --> 00:36:31,737 In 1984, the XR1000 was the fastest and baddest model that Harley offered. 227 00:36:42,188 --> 00:36:44,520 The scenes with the duck hunters... 228 00:36:44,590 --> 00:36:47,651 were filmed at the end of the first week of production... 229 00:36:47,726 --> 00:36:51,492 at Rocky Oaks Park in the Malibu Mountains. 230 00:37:07,713 --> 00:37:11,377 Note the Lectroid on the left, sucking on the battery leads. 231 00:37:11,450 --> 00:37:14,579 Lectroids derive great pleasure from electricity. 232 00:37:14,653 --> 00:37:17,122 What you see here is the equivalent of a nic fit. 233 00:37:37,276 --> 00:37:40,302 These chase sequences were shot in Griffith Park in Los Angeles... 234 00:37:40,379 --> 00:37:44,873 (also the site of a free concert by the Hong Kong Cavaliers in 1992). 235 00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:51,022 While it may seem odd that a simple shotgun... 236 00:37:51,090 --> 00:37:53,684 could down an advanced alien vessel... 237 00:37:53,759 --> 00:37:57,423 most likely the thermopod had already dropped its protective force field... 238 00:37:57,496 --> 00:38:00,329 as it searched for a landing spot. 239 00:38:00,399 --> 00:38:03,198 The shotgun blast merely hastened its descent. 240 00:38:32,765 --> 00:38:36,360 The thermopod replica for the film was constructed... 241 00:38:36,435 --> 00:38:40,872 out of an inflated eight-foot weather balloon covered with polyurethane foam... 242 00:38:40,940 --> 00:38:43,773 which expands and hardens on contact with the air. 243 00:40:02,688 --> 00:40:05,487 This was the comics adaptation... 244 00:40:05,557 --> 00:40:07,753 of the first Buckaroo Banzai story ever committed to paper... 245 00:40:07,826 --> 00:40:10,921 “The Strange Case of Mr. Cigars.” 246 00:40:17,636 --> 00:40:21,197 Unknown Fact #28,512: 247 00:40:21,273 --> 00:40:25,767 The Banzai Institute was a primary developer of cellular technology... 248 00:40:25,844 --> 00:40:29,371 first put to use in our very own “Go-Phones”... 249 00:40:29,448 --> 00:40:32,782 used by Buckaroo and Rawhide in this scene. 250 00:40:54,206 --> 00:40:56,903 Unknown Fact #8,391: 251 00:40:56,975 --> 00:41:00,605 Perfect Tommy's Pet Peeve: “People that can't dance.” 252 00:42:34,474 --> 00:42:38,138 After fumbling a previous strike team assignment... 253 00:42:38,211 --> 00:42:41,181 Tommy was fined a year's supply of guitar picks. 254 00:43:00,934 --> 00:43:04,393 At last count there were over 6,000 Blue Blaze Irregulars worldwide— 255 00:43:04,471 --> 00:43:07,566 extraordinary men, women and children... 256 00:43:07,641 --> 00:43:11,236 who are “on call” 24 hours a day to help B. Banzai in a pinch. 257 00:43:11,311 --> 00:43:14,110 They must submit to rugged physical training... 258 00:43:14,181 --> 00:43:16,741 and are required yearly to make certain educational advances. 259 00:43:16,816 --> 00:43:18,807 The motto of the Blue Blaze Irregulars: 260 00:43:18,885 --> 00:43:24,016 “Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse.” 261 00:44:24,517 --> 00:44:27,714 This is Mrs. Johnson, official archivist of the Banzai Institute. 262 00:44:27,787 --> 00:44:30,779 She provides the grease that keeps the wheels turning in this place. 263 00:44:30,857 --> 00:44:34,020 Without her, I daresay little would get done. 264 00:44:34,094 --> 00:44:37,394 Her world-famous sticky cinnamon buns. 265 00:44:37,464 --> 00:44:40,900 Have provided the fuel for many a late-night jam session! 266 00:44:47,474 --> 00:44:51,035 Unknown Fact #8,490: Mrs. Johnson's Pet Peeve: 267 00:44:51,111 --> 00:44:54,411 “Watches costing more than my car.” 268 00:45:07,327 --> 00:45:09,625 Buckaroo's Five Verities are: 269 00:45:09,696 --> 00:45:13,098 #1: A man should love others better than himself. 270 00:45:13,166 --> 00:45:16,227 #2: To serve is more honorable than to command. 271 00:45:16,303 --> 00:45:20,206 #3: To give one's life for another is the greatest glory. 272 00:45:20,273 --> 00:45:24,267 #4: Unrequited love is the greatest happiness. 273 00:45:24,344 --> 00:45:27,109 #5: Poverty is the best state for man... 274 00:45:27,180 --> 00:45:30,172 although a pauper should accept a certain amount of wealth... 275 00:45:30,250 --> 00:45:33,220 to relieve the unhappiness of the rich. 276 00:45:47,367 --> 00:45:51,668 “Every year we pass the anniversary of our death.” — B. Banzai 277 00:46:03,316 --> 00:46:06,650 This was another moment that had to be toned down... 278 00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:09,246 for the benefit of younger audiences. 279 00:46:09,322 --> 00:46:13,122 Far from simply knocking t