BUCKAROO BANZAI Production Art - 3 drawings by Stephen Dane

3 Pre-production Sketches (Blueprint copy) of Stephen Dane (from Buckaroo Banzai). Size 20" x 23"approx.

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Year80's

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is an American spoof science fiction film that was released in 1984. It was directed and produced by W. D. Richter, and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller), a physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, and rock musician, to save the world by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10. The film is a cross between the action/adventure and science-fiction movie genres, and also includes elements of comedy, satire, and romance.

Buckaroo Banzai has since attracted a loyal cult following and has been quite popular on home video. Richter said, "It has had the most dramatic reactions of anything I've worked on. Some loathe it and others are willing to die for it". The director feels that the film failed commercially because the narrative was too complex. He would like to have had more coverage for certain scenes. He could have edited the film better and there were too many master shots and two-shots that left little for the editor to work with. Entertainment Weeklyranked Buckaroo Banzai as #43 in their Top 50 Cult Movies. The film was also ranked #21 on the magazine's "The Cult 25: The Essential Left-Field Movie Hits Since '83" list. The Guardian has also cited Buckaroo Banzai as one of their "1,000 films to see before you die". 

IMPORTANT ADDED INFO :This is a high quality copies from the blueprints on architect paper (they are not cheap or recent laser copies)We never saw these drawings on the market, neither in any auctions or Internet in general. They are incredibly rares and maybe Uniques ! 

Overall condition : Very good to excellent (for two) Very good for the last (3" tear on the upper right, no loss of paper)