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Born. United States. Alma mater. Dartmouth College. Occupation. Writer. Earl Mac Rauch is an American novelist and screenwriter. [1] Rauch is best known for writing the screenplays for A Stranger Is Watching; New York, New York and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
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《反暴戰士盟》（英語： The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension，常簡稱 Buckaroo Banzai ）是一部1984年美國科幻片 [4]，由 W·D·利希特 （ 英語 ： W. D. Richter ） 執導兼監製，厄爾·麥克·勞赫 （ 英語 ： Earl Mac Rauch ） 編劇。
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Buckaroo Banzai and his mentor Dr. Tohichi Hikita perfect the "oscillation overthruster", a device that allows an object to pass through solid matter. Banzai tests it by driving his Jet Car through a mountain. While in transit, he finds himself in another dimension. After exiting the mountain and returning to his normal dimension, he discovers an a...
Development
In 1974, W.D. Richter's wife read a review of Dirty Pictures from the Prom, the debut novel from Dartmouth College graduate and writer Earl Mac Rauch, and recommended it to her husband. Richter, also an alumnus from the college, read the book, loved it, and wrote Mac Rauch a letter. The two men began corresponding. When the writer told him about his interest in becoming a screenwriter, Richter offered him an open-ended invitation to visit him in Los Angeles where he was attending the Universi...
Screenplay
Years passed and Richter became a successful screenwriter. Mac Rauch took Richter up on his offer and arrived in L.A. Richter proceeded to introduce the writer to producer/director Irwin Winkler, who gave Mac Rauch rent money for the next six months. Over several dinners, Mac Rauch told Richter and his wife of a character named Buckaroo Bandy about whom he was thinking of writing a screenplay. Richter and his wife liked the idea and paid Mac Rauch $1,500 to develop and write it. According to...
Casting
When considering the role of Buckaroo Banzai, Richter wanted an actor who "could both look heroic with grease all over his face, and project the kind of intelligence you would associate with a neurosurgeon and inventor". The studio wanted a recognizable film star, but Richter and Canton wanted to cast a relatively unknown actor. Richter looked in New York City because he assumed that an actor with experience on stage and small films "would be able to completely interact with props". He had be...
Release
Fox hired Terry Erdmann and a team of publicists including Blake Mitchell and Jim Ferguson to promote the film at Star Trek conventions with a few film clips and free Banzai headbands, which have since become highly sought-after collector's items by fans of the film. The studio made no attempts to sell the film to a mainstream audience with traditional promotion, although there were some magazine advertisements (primarily in Marvel Comics) and related licensing which served as viral advertisi...
Critical response
Although reportedly "dismissed by many critics as 'strange' and 'unintelligible'" at the time of its release, the film received positive reviews from 66% of 44 surveyed critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Sci-fi parodies like these usually struggle to work, but Buckaroo Banzai succeeds through total devotion to its own lunacy." Bill Cosford of The Miami Herald praised it as "an unusual film": "Its comedy springs from that odd combination of self-effac...
Home media
Buckaroo Banzai was first released for home media on LaserDisc, VHS and Betamax in 1985 by Vestron Video, in 1990 by Video Treasures, and in 2001 by MGM Home Entertainment. The film was released on DVD on January 4, 2002, by MGM. Entertainment Weekly gave the DVD release a "B+" rating and wrote, "Fans will drool over the extras, including some illuminating deleted scenes (of particular note is an alternate opening detailing Buckaroo's tragic childhood, featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as Banzai's m...
Buckaroo Banzai has since attracted a loyal cult following and has been 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 have liked to have...
Books
The film was novelized by creator Earl Mac Rauch in 1984. The book was titled Buckaroo Banzai, published by Pocket Books and released in conjunction with the film. It was reprinted in 2002 to coincide with the release of the film on DVD. In the foreword, Mac Rauch mentions that the Buckaroo Banzai series would be continued in a series of novels.[citation needed] The second book in the series, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, et al: A Compendium of Evils, also...
Comics
Also in conjunction with the film's 1984 release, Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation by writer Bill Mantlo and artists Mark Texeira in Marvel Super Special No. 33. The adaptation was also released as a two-issue limited series. Moonstone Books began publishing comic books in 2006 depicting earlier and further adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers. The first story, Buckaroo Banzai: Return of the Screw, was written by creator Earl Mac Rauch. The black-and-white...
Video game
In conjunction with the film's 1984 release, the interactive fiction game The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension was released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, IBM PC compatibles and ZX Spectrum. It was created by Scott Adams and published by Adventure International.
Sources
1. Burns, James. "An Interview with the Director of Buckaroo Banzai W.D. Richter". Marvel Super Special #33: Buckaroo Banzai. New York: Marvel Comics, 1984.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension at IMDbEarl Mac Rauch. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Earl Mac Rauch is known for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), New York, New York (1977) and A Stranger Is Watching (1982). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Awards. 1 nomination. Known for:
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An American novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing the screenplays for A Stranger Is Watching, New York, New York and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
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Earl Mac Rauch is an American novelist and screenwriter. Quick Facts Born, Alma mater ... Close. Rauch is best known for writing the screenplays for A Stranger Is Watching; New York, New York and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Bibliography. Dirty Pictures From the Prom (1969) Arkansas Adios (1971)
Earl Mac Rauch has 22 books on Goodreads with 1909 ratings. Earl Mac Rauch’s most popular book is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dim...
