Buckaroo Banzai writer

[davemarc]

At 08:19 PM 10/24/96 -0300, Vaska wrote:
>
>Oh, yes -- and the screenplay was attributed to a certain Earl Mac Rauch.  I
>have no German myself but have been told that "rauch" is German for, among
>other things, "smoke."  A smoke-screen alias for TP or the name of some bona
>fide Hollywood screen-writer?  Any leads, anyone?
>
Checking the ever-lovin' Internet Movie Database at
http://us.imdb.com/cache/person-exact/f20250, you'll find the following
Rauch credits:

Wired (1989) 
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The (1984) 
     ... aka Buckaroo Banzai (1984) 
Stranger Is Watching, A (1982) 
New York, New York (1977)

Hoping that's useful,

davemarc