Other Titles • Pee-wee's Big Adventure • Pee-wees irre Abenteuer (1985)
Synopses for Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
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Former animator Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Batman, Mars Attacks!) made his feature directorial debut with this delightful comedy, coscripted by the late Phil Hartman (who also appears briefly as a reporter). Wisely, they keep the story simple so as to concentrate on the characters: Pee-wee's most prized possession, his shiny new bicycle, is stolen, and he sets off on an obsessive cross-country journey, determined to recover it. Pee-wee's awkward and childish attempts to be cool and mature ("I meant to do that!!") are hysterical, as when he tells his girlfriend (Elizabeth Daly): "There's things about me you don't know, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand.... I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." Look for Saturday Night Live vet Jan Hooks in a hilarious bit as a tour guide at the Alamo. And beware of Large Marge! --Jim Emerson
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The imaginative, hilarious comedy, PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, stars happy-go-lucky Pee-Wee Herman (aka comedian Paul Reubens.) Pee-Wee Herman is not an average little boy--he exists in a grown-up body, has a penchant for 1950s Retro memorabilia, and lives in a zany, make-believe world. He is on a mission to find his beloved red bicycle, which has been stolen, and on the way Pee-Wee has a series of cartoon-like adventures.
When a fortune teller instructs Pee-Wee to look for his bike in the basement of the Alamo, he takes her advice. Embarking on a kind of Hero's Journey, Pee-Wee comes into contact with characters even crazier than he is. One of the more memorable scenes comes after he starts up a touching friendship with a romantic waitress (Diane Salinger) and is chased by her boyfriend (Jon Harris) around a park of giant dinosaur models until he finds himself in an unfriendly biker bar where, in order to avoid being killed, he performs an impromptu dance to the old surfer tune "Tequila." With imaginative sets and dream sequences that use claymation and pixilated models, PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE is a side-splitting comedy that references almost every Hollywood genre, especially the perennial favorite Road Movie.
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**** Should captivate 4-year-olds, 40-year-olds and anyone else whose heart is beating." - Mike Clark, USA Today
Call the FBI! Alert the President! Advise all ships at sea and break out the batphone!
Pee-wee Herman's bicycle, the "neatest" bike in the world, is missing. It's his most prized possession…and he's just got to get it back.
Searching high, low and in between, Pee-wee hits the open road and encounters riotous adventures with bikers, cowboys, crooks and a phantom trucker. Finally, Pee-wee's quest leads him to Warner Bros. Studios where security is tight, the soundstages are busy and his spiffy, super-deluxe red bicycle is in the hands of a spoiled-brat child star. But Not For Long!
Get ready for great fun, crazy excitement and big laughs in Tim Burton's directorial debut, Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
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