Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Release date

1985-07-26

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Genre

Comedy, Adventure

Budget

$6 000 000

Revenue

$40 900 000

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Director

Tim Burton

Actors

Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Irving Hellman, Monte Landis, Damon Martin, David Glasser, Gregory Brown
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Scenario

Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman

Producer

Robert Shapiro, Richard Gilbert Abramson, William E. McEuen

Operator

Victor J. Kemper

Composer

Danny Elfman

Artist

Margie Stone McShirley

Audition

Wallis Nicita

Editing

Billy Weber
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• The scene with the breakfast-making machine will be repeated (with variations) in different Burton films. For example, "Edward Scissorhands" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
• Throughout the time that the heroine, Alice Nunn (1927-1988), known as Big Marge, tells her story, the actress does not blink once.
• According to Paul Rubens, neither he nor his co-authors Phil Hartman (1948-1998) and Michael Varol had ever written a screenplay before this incident. They purchased a book by Syd Field (1935-2013), known as the 'guru of all screenwriters,' on how to write film scripts, and followed the instructions outlined in it precisely. As a result, this film is often cited as an example for all aspiring screenwriters because it adheres to the rules accurately and literally in every respect. The film's duration is exactly 90 minutes, and the screenplay fits onto 90 pages. The first part of the film occupies 30 pages of the screenplay and ends at the 30-minute mark of screen time; the second part ends on page 60 and at the 60-minute mark.
• Jen Hooks (1957-2014), who played Tina, came up with almost all of her lines herself.
• In the scene where Paul Rubens' character rescues animals from a pet store and is frightened by snakes, the actor wasn't acting—he demonstrated genuine fear, as Rubens is genuinely terrified of reptiles. Director Tim Burton insisted on using live snakes rather than props, so the actor had to comply.