Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film directing debut and starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman with supporting roles provided by E. G. Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, and Judd Omen. Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. Described as a "parody" or "farce version" of the 1948 Italian classic Bicycle Thieves, it is the tale of Pee-wee Herman'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. A bike shop employee, Dottie, has a crush on Pee-wee, but he does not reciprocate it. Pee-wee's bike is stolen while he is shopping at a mall. The police tell Pee-wee that they cannot help him find his bike. Pee-wee thinks Francis took it, and confronts him. Francis' father convinces Pee-wee that Francis did not steal the bike. Pee-wee then offers a $10,000 reward for his bike. Francis, who did indeed pay to have a friend steal the bike, is frightened by Pee-wee's relentlessness and then pays to have it sent away. After holding an unsuccessful meeting to locate the bike, Pee-wee angrily rejects Dottie's offers of help. Desperate, he visits "Madam Ruby", a phony psychic. Ruby, inspired by the Al and Moe's Bargain Basement shop across the street, tells Pee-wee that his bike is in the basement of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio. Pee-wee hitchhikes to Texas, getting rides from a fugitive named Mickey and from Large Marge, the ghost of a deceased truck driver.
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 best friend build burn bus station drive-in theater end film star force how to meet microfilm move movie star news report paris pet shop phone call police arrest shop tequila truck driver truck stop wash |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| productionCompany | Aspen Film Society |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles Santa Monica |
| theme | dance ghost road movie |