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Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" 40th Anniversary at the Alex Theatre
"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" 40th Anniversary at the Alex Theatre

Director: Tim Burton Run Time: 91 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1985

Starring: Diane Salinger, Elizabeth Daily, Judd Omen, Mark Holton, Paul Reubens

Screenwriters: Phil HartmanPaul ReubensMichael Varhol

Producers: Richard AbramsonRobert ShapiroPaul Reubens

For forty years, we’ve joined Pee-wee on his cross-country quest for his stolen bike. We’ve danced to “Tequila,” hitched a ride with Large Marge, and discovered that — *gasp* — the Alamo has no basement. It’s a trip that some of us have taken countless times, but it never fails to delight with its perfect mix of imagination and glee, tempered with just the right amount of off-kilter, alt-comedy edge.