Cult 101: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Director: Tim Burton Run Time: 91 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1985
Starring: Diane Salinger, E. G. Daily, Judd Omen, Mark Holton, Paul Reubens
Country: United States
Language: English, French
Cult 101 at Gateway Film Center
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About the film:
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
About the filmmaker:
Tim Burton is a highly acclaimed American filmmaker, known for his distinctively dark, gothic, and fantastical visual style, which often features eccentric characters and themes of misunderstood outcasts. Born in 1958 in Burbank, California, his early career included work as an animator at Walt Disney Productions, where he developed unique shorts like Vincent (1982) and Frankenweenie (1984). Burton’s successful transition to features with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) led to iconic films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
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