August 15, 1984 –
The cult classic sci-fi film, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, directed by W. D. Richter and starring Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd, opened in the US on this date.
According to Peter Weller, he had a particularly tough time filming the scene without laughing where Lord John Whorfin (Dr. Lizardo) is torturing Buckaroo with electricity, because it was the first time he had heard John Lithgow perform what Weller likes to refer to as John’s “Italian/Martian accent“.
