Pee-wee's Big Adventure(Movie, 1985)

Name: Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Released: 1985
Duration: T01:31:00
Rating: 3.2

| 1h 31min | Genres: Comedy, Adventure

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 328 votes)

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his feature-film directing debut. It is the first installment of the Pee-wee Herman trilogy. Starring 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. After the success of The Pee-wee Herman Show, Reubens began writing the script for Pee-wee's Big Adventure when he was hired by the Warner Bros. film studio. Impressed with Burton's work on the sho... ()

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 1h 31min

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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 31min

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Duration: 1h 31min

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Also available at Amazon.com on: Blu-ray

About Pee-wee's Big Adventure

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

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Trailer for Pee-wee's Big Adventure + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 1:30)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Los Angeles (California), California, Santa Monica (California)

Plays in: Texas, Los Angeles (California), California

Based on: "The Pee-wee Herman Show" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 17 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/26/1985

Cast: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Ed Herlihy, Erica Yohn, Jason Hervey, Jon Harris, Patrick Cranshaw, Alice Nunn, Lou Cutell, Raymond Martino, Phil Hartman, Milton Berle, James Brolin, Morgan Fairchild, Tony Bill, Charles Kalani, Cassandra Peterson, Dee Snider, John Paragon, Jan Hooks, Monte Landis

Creator: Tim Burton

Director: Tim Burton

Producer: Paul Reubens, Richard Gilbert Abramson, Robert Shapiro

Screenwriter: Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens

Film Editor: Billy Weber

Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper

Composer: Danny Elfman

Performer: Danny Elfman

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Pee-wee Herman 1 - Pee-wee's Big Adventure"

"Peewee's Big Adventure"

Keywords: bicycle, bull riding, prenzlauer berg, stolen bicycle, alamo, man child, truck driver, san antonio, texas, tour guide, dark comedy, road movie, heroes journey

Budget: 6,000,000 USD

Revenue: 40,940,662 USD (= 682%)