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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
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Tim Burton, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary by Burton and actor-cowriter Paul Reubens
- Audio commentary by composer Danny Elfman (over a music-only soundtrack to the film)
- New interview with Burton and actor-filmmaker Richard Ayoade
- New interviews with producer Richard Abramson, production designer David L. Snyder, cowriter Michael Varhol, and editor Billy Weber, conducted by critic Mark Olsen
- Hollywood's Master Storytellers interview with Reubens from 2005
- Excerpts from the fortieth-anniversary screening of the film presented by Nostalgic Nebula and hosted by comedian Dana Gould
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- Run time ? : ? 1 hour and 31 minutes
PLUS: An essay by podcast host and culture critic Jesse Thorn
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (The Criterion Collection) (BLU-Ray)
