John Lithgow Talks Buckaroo Banzai

In a 2016 interview, John Lithgow discusses playing Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin.

[platinumspider]

Take me to the dimension where this movie got the credit it deserves and was a smash hit please.

[beevee]

Amazing performance by John Lithgow. I still can sit and watch this crazy movie. “Laugh while you can monkey boy!” And many other quotes. Love the whole cast.

[HenrySosenite]

The writer, director, and actors are all still alive.
You must a sequel! WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

[guessundheit]

The cast, the characters, the dialogue, the memorable lines, the humour, that movie had it all. I never tire of watching it.

[aaronchantrill]

I love this movie. So glad to hear John Lithgow has good memories of it

[Phaota]

Definitely one of my all-time favorite classic sci-fi dramedies.

[Mymumsey]

The fact that he still enjoys the movie so much just makes me like Mr. Lithgow even more.

[johnharbaugh]

This role introduced me to John Lithgow. I have been a fan of his 35 years now.

[g.p.d.]

Lithgow acknowledging the tailor as a dialect coach is CLASS! 👍

[RogerGoodeNH]

Lithgow’s performance in this movie was astonishing! Absolutely brilliant!

[TheMichaelBeck]

Loved the movie. The best sidekick name ever, "Perfect Tommy".

[richardyasushiii]

I love how Lithgow says it’s the movie he most enjoys watching because “it’s so out there”. It must have been so much fun to make something so wacky.

[MariusRiley]

I went to go see that in the theater when it came out. The commercials looked crazy, and after seeing the first commercial on television, I had to see it. It was a moral imperative. When it came out on VHS I hid and pretended to lose the cassette I had rented from the local video store. Set my folks had to pay for it, which they were not happy about, but I had that video consent, which was all that mattered.

[foodog]

He should’ve received an Oscar for this performance

[countryjoe]

BB is still in my top 5 list of favorite movies. The concept was intriguingly weird and quirky and the performances were stellar.

[jaein]

I had to watch this movie twice, once as a teenager and then later as an adult. It finally made sense as an adult. I strangely found it more enjoyable as an adult because the story finally made sense when as an adult all the subtle nuances made the story clear.

[GHC]

I just watched both Perer Weller and his video on the film and it was interesting to hear their persectives on this beautiful cult classic. They also attended a screening hosted by Kevin Smith, together. It's jice to know they cast stayed good friends with each other over multiple decades

[georgeo]

This is one of the most underrated of all time!

[nilo]

I saw this crazy movie on the Big Screen, and it was an amazing experience 😊

[CaptApril]

Buckaroo and 'Repo Man' are my two favorites from that era and still good today.