Needs More Goldblum: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Jeff Goldblum is a neurosurgeon/some kind of cowboy.


As Dr. Sidney Zweibel, he is a colleague of Buckaroo Banzai, noted physicist, neurosurgeon, Samurai, rock musician, Jet Car driver, and comic book hero (and played by the awesome Peter Weller, best known for playing Robocop and William S. Burroughs, but not at the same time). When Buckaroo asks him if he'd like to join him and the Hong Kong Cavaliers and asks him if he sings:

A little. Yeah. I can dance...

Later, when after a concert Buckaroo comes to pick him up, Goldblum is decked out in this campy cowboy outfit. Apparently, Zweibel's grandfather was a cowboy star of silent cinema and he wears his old costumes out of respect/nostalgia. This is not mentioned in the film at all.

Goldblum is given the nickname of New Jersey, because he like Cavalier Reno Nevada, hails from such a place. All Cavaliers must have nicknames. Such as Rawhide or Perfect Tommy (because he's perfect, see).

Later, Goldblum runs around with a gun and acts like an everyman 'eyes of the audience' character:

Why is there a watermelon there?