Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Blu-ray + 4k)

*This is NOT a comic! But it was made by a cartoonist!

By Tim Burton. Published by Criterion. 

Blu-ray and 4k disc, 91 minutes, 1.85:1 aspect ratio, Colour, 1985 (2025 printing)

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.

FILM INFO

• United States
• 1985
• 91 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #1293

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