“What my clients own are the overall rights to the world of Buckaroo Banzai, and all of the characters, themes and ideas associated with that world.” Keller went on to explain that in ...

The film follows the exploits of the title character, Buckaroo Banzai (played by a pre-“RoboCop” Peter Weller), a noted physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot and rock musician, as he saves the ...

Originally, the main character was named “Buckaroo Bandy ... production company that had over 200 pages of the Buckaroo Banzai saga. It was being likened to Indiana Jones.

that this Buckaroo Banzai novel is being published at all seems to indicate at least part of the rights to the character were figured out, though his ability to appear on screen remains a mystery.

In order to properly impress her, he goes through a series of iconic '80s movie character costumes until he finally settles on the rumpled suit and tie combo of Buckaroo Banzai, a character from ...

Unfortunately by then Sherwood Studios had gone bankrupt (thanks in no small part to the grand failure of BUCKAROO BANZAI) and the rights to the characters were lost in a swamp of red tape ...