Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 90 min

genre: adventure

theme: children's

director: Tim Burton

Score: 6 / 10

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his feature-film directing 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 and has been compared to the 1948 Italian film Bicycle Thieves.

Plot

Pee-wee Herman, a childlike man in a grey suit with a red bow-tie, has a cherished, heavily accessorized bicycle. His neighbor and enemy, Francis Buxton, wants the bicycle and offers to buy it. Pee-wee refuses; as he rides off, Francis warns him he'll be sorry for turning down his offer.

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More details

author	Paul Reubens Phil Hartman
contentLocation	California Los Angeles Texas
director	Tim Burton
editor	Billy Weber
genre	action adventure animation comedy
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musicBy	Danny Elfman
producer	Richard Gilbert Abramson Robert Shapiro William E. McEuen
productionCompany	Aspen Film Society
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	California Los Angeles Santa Monica
theme	children's dance ghost road movie