Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paul Reubens
Pee-wee Herman / Writer / Set Decoration
Elizabeth Daily
Dottie
Mark Holton
Francis
Diane Salinger
Simone
Judd Omen
Mickey
Irving Hellman
Mr. Crowtrey
Monte Landis
Mario
Damon Martin
Chip
David Glasser
BMX Kid
Gregory Brown
BMX Kid
Daryl Keith Roach
Chuck
Bill Cable
Policeman #1
Peter Looney
Policeman #2
Starletta DuPois
Sgt. Hunter
Professor Toru Tanaka
Butler
Ed Herlihy
Mr. Buxton
Ralph Seymour
Francis' Accomplice
Lou Cutell
Amazing Larry
Raymond Martino
Gang Member
Erica Yohn
Madam Ruby
Bill W. Richmond
Highway Patrolman
Alice Nunn
Large Marge
Ed Griffith
Trucker
Simmy Bow
Man in Diner
Jon Harris
Andy
Carmen Filpi
Hobo Jack
Jan Hooks
Tina
John Moody
Bus Clerk
John O'Neill
Cowboy #1
Alex Sharp
Cowboy #2
Chester Grimes
Biker #1
Luis Contreras
Biker #2
Lonnie Parkinson
Biker #3
Howard Hirdler
Biker #4
Cassandra Peterson
Biker Mama
Jason Hervey
Kevin Morton
Bob McClurg
Studio Guard
John Paragon
Movie Lot Actor
Susan Barnes
Movie Lot Actress
Zachary Hoffman
Director
Lynne Marie Stewart
Mother Superior
George Sasaki
Japanese Director
Richard Brose
Tarzan
Drew Seward
Kid #1
Brett Fellman
Kid #2
Bob Drew
Fireman
John Gilgreen
Policeman at Pet Shop
Noreen Hennessey
Reporter
Phil Hartman
Reporter / Writer
Michael Varhol
Photographer / Writer
David Rothenberg
Hobo
Patrick Cranshaw
Hobo
Sunshine Parker
Hobo
Gilles Savard
Pierre
James Brolin
Self - as 'P. W.'
Morgan Fairchild
Self - as 'Dottie'
Tony Bill
Terry Hawthorne
Dee Snider
Self (as Twisted Sister)
Milton Berle
Self (uncredited)
Terry Bolo
Biker Chick (uncredited)
Tim Burton
Thug in Alley (uncredited) / Director
Manuel Benitez
BMX Kid #0
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Danny Elfman
Original Music Composer
Wallis Nicita
Casting
William E. McEuen
Executive Producer
Robert Shapiro
Producer
Billy Weber
Editor
Richard Gilbert Abramson
Producer
David L. Snyder
Production Design / Art Direction
Thomas L. Roysden
Set Decoration
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
David Silver
Unit Production Manager
Robert P. Cohen
First Assistant Director
Robert Engelman
Second Assistant Director
Harvey Waldman
Second Assistant Director
Jan Kemper
Script Supervisor
Willie E. Simmons, Jr.
Second Second Assistant Director
Bob Badami
Music Editor
Cecelia Hall
Supervising Sound Editor
David B. Cohn
Supervising Sound Editor
Corey Michael Eubanks
Stunts
Steve Mack
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunts
Troy Melton
Stunts
Angelo Lamonea
Stunts
Salomon I. Marx
Stunts
Russell Solberg
Stunts
J.P. Amateau
Stunts
Pat Romano
Stunts
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
Jeff Imada
Stunts
Mary Albee
Stunts
Marian Green
Stunts
Denise Horta
Sound Editor
Joseph A. Ippolito
Sound Editor
David Pettijohn
Sound Editor
Claudia Finkle
Assistant Editor
Irene Bowers
Assistant Sound Editor
Petur Hliddal
Production Sound Mixer
Roger Pietschmann
Boom Operator
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Neil Brody
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Bill Roe
First Assistant Camera
Mario Zavala
Second Assistant Camera
Sam Mercer
Location Manager
Chuck Gaspar
Special Effects Supervisor
Joe Day
Special Effects Coordinator
James E. Tocci
Set Designer
Margie Stone McShirley
Assistant Art Director
Gaylin P. Schultz
Key Grip
Audie Aragon
Best Boy Grip
Bernie Schwartz
Dolly Grip
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Patrick Marshall
Rigging Gaffer
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Bruce J. Gfeller
Construction Coordinator
Jeff Freedman
Unit Publicist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Content RatingPG
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$40,900,000
Filming LocationsLos Angeles · Santa Monica · California, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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.
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 short films Vincent (1982) and Frankenweenie (1984), the producers and Reubens hired him to direct. Filming took place in California and Texas.
The film was released on August 9, 1985, grossing over $40 million in North America. It became a cult film and continued to accumulate positive feedback. It was nominated for a Young Artist Award and was followed by two standalone sequels, Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016). Its financial success, followed by the equally successful Beetlejuice in 1988, prompted Warner Bros. to hire Burton to direct the 1989 film Batman.