Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his feature-film directing debut. It stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol, along with E.G. Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, and Judd Omen. Described as a "parody" or "farce version" of the 1948 Italian classic Bicycle Thieves, it tells the story of Pee-wee's nationwide search for his stolen bicycle.
Plot
Pee-wee Herman has a heavily accessorized bicycle that he treasures and that his neighbor and enemy, Francis Buxton, covets. Dottie, an employee at a bike shop, has a crush on Pee-wee, but he does not reciprocate. As Pee-wee goes on a shopping spree, his bike is stolen, but the police regard the theft as too minor and common to deal with. Pee-wee assumes Francis took it, and confronts him, but Francis' father convinces Pee-wee that Francis was at home when the bike was stolen. Pee-wee offers a $10,000 reward for the bike. Francis, who did indeed pay to have someone steal the bike, is disturbed by Pee-wee's relentlessness and pays to have the bike sent away. That evening, Pee-wee holds an unsuccessful evidentiary meeting of friends and neighbors to find the bike, then rejects offers of help. He then visits a phony psychic who tells Pee-wee that his bike is in the basement of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio.
Cast
- Alice Nunn
- Cassandra Peterson
- Charles Kalani
- Dee Snider
- Diane Salinger
- Ed Herlihy
- Elizabeth Daily
- Erica Yohn
- James Brolin
- Jan Hooks
- Jason Hervey
- John Paragon
- Jon Harris
- Judd Omen
- Lou Cutell
- Mark Holton
- Milton Berle
- Monte Landis
- Morgan Fairchild
- Patrick Cranshaw
- Paul Reubens
- Phil Hartman
- Raymond Martino
- Tony Bill
More details
| author | Paul Reubens Phil Hartman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California Los Angeles Texas |
| director | Tim Burton |
| editor | Billy Weber |
| genre | action adventure animation comedy |
| keywords | alamo mission in san antonio bellhop best friend biker bar biker gang build burn bus station cabazon dinosaurs claim disturb dive bar drive-in theater end even film star force how to knock out meet microfilm move news report outlaw motorcycle club paris pet shop phone call platform shoe police arrest prop roadside dinosaur statue search security guard serve shopping spree soviet soviet union tequila theatrical property truck driver truck stop wash world record |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| productionCompany | Aspen Film Society |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles Santa Monica |
| theme | ghost road movie |