Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Directed by

Tim Burton

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 858 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with a unique style and personality goes on a cross-country journey to find his stolen bicycle. He meets unusual characters and faces strange obstacles along the way.

whimsicalplayfulquirkylightheartedoffbeatcolorfulnostalgiceccentric

What happens

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his feature-film directorial debut. The film stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, along with Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger and Judd Omen. The screenplay, written by Reubens with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol, tells the story of Pee-wee's search for his stolen bicycle. Following the success of The Pee-wee Herman Show in 1981, Reubens was hired by the Warner Bros. film studio and began writing the script for Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Impressed with Burton's work on the short film Frankenweenie (1984), the producers and Reubens hired him to direct. Filming took place in California and Texas. The film was scored by Danny Elfman, marking his first among many collaborations with Burton. Pee-wee's Big Adventure was theatrically released on August 9, 1985, by Warner Bros., grossing over $40 million in North America. It became a cult film and continued to accumulate positive feedback. It was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Family Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and was followed by two standalone sequels: Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016). Its financial success, followed by Burton's equally successful Beetlejuice in 1988, prompted Warner Bros. to hire Burton to direct the 1989 film Batman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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