Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
One of the most eccentric comedies of the 1980s, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure is a pop-culture touchstone that helped make a manic oddball named Pee-wee Herman—the creation and alter ego of actor-comedian Paul Reubens—into an icon for outsiders of all ages. It also established the distinctive style of director Tim Burton, whose eye-popping visual sense is already on full display in this, his first feature film. Following the gleefully irreverent Pee-wee as he embarks on a road trip to recover his beloved stolen bicycle, the movie unfolds with the antic invention of a live-action cartoon, combining a gallery of memorably wacky characters, colorful, kitschy Americana, and surreal flights of fancy into a joyously uninhibited paean to creativity and the spirit of childhood.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Tim Burton, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary by Burton and actor-cowriter Paul Reubens
- Audio commentary by composer Danny Elfman (over a music-only soundtrack to the film)
- New interview with Burton and actor-filmmaker Richard Ayoade
- New interviews with producer Richard Abramson, production designer David L. Snyder, cowriter Michael Varhol, and editor Billy Weber, conducted by critic Mark Olsen
- Hollywood’s Master Storytellers interview with Reubens from 2005
- Excerpts from the fortieth-anniversary screening of the film presented by Nostalgic Nebula and hosted by comedian Dana Gould
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by podcast host and culture critic Jesse Thorn
New cover by Luigi Olivadoti
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Tim Burton, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary by Burton and actor-cowriter Paul Reubens
- Audio commentary by composer Danny Elfman (over a music-only soundtrack to the film)
- New interview with Burton and actor-filmmaker Richard Ayoade
- New interviews with producer Richard Abramson, production designer David L. Snyder, cowriter Michael Varhol, and editor Billy Weber, conducted by critic Mark Olsen
- Hollywood’s Master Storytellers interview with Reubens from 2005
- Excerpts from the fortieth-anniversary screening of the film presented by Nostalgic Nebula and hosted by comedian Dana Gould
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by podcast host and culture critic Jesse Thorn
New cover by Luigi Olivadoti
Cast
- Pee-wee Herman
- Himself
- Elizabeth Daily
- Dottie
- Mark Holton
- Francis Buxton
- Diane Salinger
- Simone
- Judd Omen
- Mickey Morelli
- Lou Cutell
- Amazing Larry
- Alice Nunn
- Large Marge
- Jan Hooks
- Tina
- John Paragon
- Movie-lot actor
- James Brolin
- “P.W.”
- Morgan Fairchild
- “Dottie”
- Twisted Sister
- Themselves
Credits
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Produced by
- Robert Shapiro
- Produced by
- Richard Gilbert Abramson
- Written by
- Phil Hartman
- Written by
- Paul Reubens
- Written by
- Michael Varhol
- Executive producer
- William E. McEuen
- Director of photography
- Victor J. Kemper
- Production designer
- David L. Snyder
- Film editor
- Billy Weber
- Costume designer
- Aggie Guerard Rodgers
- Music composed by
- Danny Elfman
A scene from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
