Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

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PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film directing debut and starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman. Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. Supporting roles are played by Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, and Judd Omen. The film, a retelling of the 1948 Italian classic Bicycle Thieves, tells the tale of Pee-wee Herman embarking on a nationwide adventure, in search of his stolen bicycle. (More from Wikipedia)

Sometimes rock musicians go into an entirely different line of work: Danny Elfman for instance has become one of the leading writers of Hollywood movie scores. He has written the music for the majority of the films by Tim Burton, beginning with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and including the 1989 Batman movie, for which he won an Academy Award (he has been nominated three other times). Elfman has also done a lot of television work, including the theme song for The Simpsons. Beginning in the early 1970’s and through the mid-1990’s, he was also the front man for the quirky band Oingo Boingo.

(September 2012)