Happy Birthday Peter Weller

Peter's most famous role may have been the cyborg lawman RoboCop, but as far as cult status goes it was the role of Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (a physicist, neurosurgeon, Samurai, rock musician and jet car driver).

The film, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, was a Sci-Fi action/adventure (with a tiny dry comedic twist). The story of Buckaroo and his crew defending earth from inter-dimensional aliens had an all-star cast of character actors as well as a young Ellen Barkin and Jeff Goldblum.

The film ends with the words "WATCH FOR THE NEXT ADVENTURE OF BUCKAROO BANZI" and then "BUCKAROO BANZI AGAINST THE WORLD CRIME LEAGUE." Sadly, it never came to be. The end credits continued with his whole crew simply regrouping one-by-one and walking together. Sounds boring but I found myself completely captivated with that and the end credits music. Take a look and a listen.

Here's the trailer (check out just how serious Weller took this role - so intense):


and here's the end credits: