Pee-wee's Big Adventure [1985] | ![Pee-wee's Big Adventure [1985]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VE4YEDFBL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
New (2) Used (8) from £6.44
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 6835
Format: Full Screen, Hifi Sound, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
EAN: 5014781152327
ASIN: B00004CJPG
Theatrical Release Date: August 9, 1985
Release Date: September 8, 1997
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 Would have been much better without Pee-wee February 14, 2008
Akela (Russia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
5 stars to the movie and Tim Burton
5 (better 6 or 7) stars to Danny Elfman for the score
minus 5 to the highly irritating main character
But - the greatests thing about that disk - in Features there is an option to see the movie WITHOUT the dialogue, only the score and some brief commentaries made by Danny Elfman's beautiful voice. Believe me, this is the best way to watch that movie.
 hilarious February 11, 2008
Mr. P. G. Rogers
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i have wanted this movie for an age as i am a massive tim burton fan i was concerned at first that i wouldnt like this movie cause when i was a kid didn't really like pee wee but now as an adult can see the adult humur in it. this film is beautiful as is every single burton movie you can really see his craft in this movie even though it was his first feature film an alround great family film my kids love it since we bought it have had it on at least ten times and weve only had it a week and there is stuff that is funny tenth time round well recomend getting this for you and or your family it is a lost treasure and every burton fan needs this in there collection
Bright and hugely colourful zany comedy. November 19, 2000
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
You really need to be in the right mood to fully enjoy and appreciate the qualities of this film, Burton's first feature as director following his tour of duty as a Disney animator. His film-making apprenticeship is certainly reflected in this debut outing, a bright and hugely colourful zany comedy made in the style of a feature cartoon. Some of the set-pieces are truly original and brimming with vitality and off-beat humour. But you have to be at ease with the character of the eponymous hero, a grown-up body encompassing the soul and behaviour of a ten-year old, and an exaggerated ten-year old at that. Clearly there was sufficient interest in the character created by Reubens ...to spawn a sequel, "Big Top Pee-Wee". If you are unable to assimilate his creation into your sympathy, his adventures become galling as a result of his very screen presence and it is likely that the visual delights of the film will be lost to you. However, if you can accept Pee-Wee into your heart, you will be able to enjoy a hugely entertaining, at times very funny, and certainly very original picture bathed in a vividness and colourfulness which contrasts so markedly with the same director's "Batman", only four years later.
A very funny, exciting and beautifully styled film. November 16, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is much more than a story about a 'boy' who loses his favourite possesion - his bike - and goes on a desperate quest to retrieve it. As with all early Pee-Wee Herman work, it has an energetic, imaginative approach with a comically infantile yet twisted feel to the humour, which is blatently meant to appeal to adults. This is most certainly the best of the two Pee-Wee Herman films.
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