Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure was the link movie connecting The Butcher's Wife and The Little Rascals.
Linked through Diane Salinger and E. G. Daily.
Both Diane Salinger and E. G. Daily appeared in Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
About Pee-wee's Big Adventure
"The story of a rebel and his bike."
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.
Directed by Tim Burton
Written by Phil Hartman, Michael Varhol, Paul Reubens
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The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Family Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical).
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Score by Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman composed the score, marking his first collaboration with Tim Burton; the music draws inspiration from Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann and cartoon music. Varèse Sarabande issued a 1988 soundtrack with re-recorded cues (paired with Back to School), and original sessions later appeared in Warner Bros.' Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box.
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure was Tim Burton's feature-film directorial debut, hired after Reubens and the producers were impressed by Burton's short Frankenweenie.
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Paul Reubens originally conceived a Pee-wee remake of Pollyanna but switched to a bicycle-centered story after requesting and noticing people riding bikes on the Warner Bros. backlot.
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Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol deliberately followed Syd Field's screenplay advice, structuring a 90-page script where Pee-wee loses his bike around page 30 and finds it around page 60.
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Fourteen vintage-style Schwinn DX bicycles (dating from 1946 to 1953) were commissioned and custom-built to Reubens, Burton and production designer David Snyder's specs and rigged with effects by prop master Steven Levine.
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Burton recruited CalArts classmate Rick Heinrichs for stop-motion work, while the Claymation transformation of Large Marge was created by the Chiodo Brothers, collaborators from Burton's earlier short Vincent.
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Twisted Sister's cameo stemmed from Dee Snider meeting Reubens at an MTV New Year's Eve party; Reubens envisioned the chase passing through a Twisted Sister video shoot and specifically requested the song "Burn in Hell" for the sequence.
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