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''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 ''The Bicycle Thief'',〔http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/108024/Paul-Reubens〕 tells the tale of Pee-wee Herman embarking on a nationwide adventure, in search of his stolen bicycle. After the success of ''The Pee-wee Herman Show'', Reubens began writing the script to ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' when he was hired by Warner Bros. Pictures. The producers and Reubens hired Burton to direct when they were impressed with his work on ''Vincent'' and ''Frankenweenie''. Filming took place in both California and Texas. The film was released on August 9, 1985, grossing over $40 million worldwide. It eventually developed into a cult film and has since accumulated positive feedback. The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award and spawned a sequel, ''Big Top Pee-wee'' (1988). The financial success of the film, followed by the equally successful ''Beetlejuice'' in 1988, prompted Warner Bros. to hire Burton as the director for the 1989 film ''Batman''. ==Plot== Pee-wee Herman is a ''puer aeternus'' with a heavily accessorized bicycle that he treasures and that his neighbor, Francis Buxton, covets. A bike shop employee, Dottie, has a crush on Pee-wee, but he does not reciprocate it. Pee-wee's bike gets stolen while at the mall. He confronts Francis, who has an air-tight alibi. Pee-wee then offers a $10,000 reward for his bike. Francis, who did indeed pay to have someone steal the bike, is frightened by Pee-wee's relentlessness and then pays to have it sent away. After holding a meeting, Pee Wee angrily shouts Dottie down while she is giving suggestions to him and refused to admit he needed help from Dottie while telling her off. Now mad, Pee Wee gives Dottie a furious "I DON'T NEED ANYBODY!" Desperate, Pee-wee visits a psychic, Madam Ruby, who lies to him, claiming that the bike is in the basement of the Alamo. Pee-wee hitchhikes to Texas, getting rides from a fugitive, Mickey, and from a ghostly trucker, Large Marge. At a truck stop, Pee-wee discovers his wallet is missing and pays for his meal by washing dishes. He befriends Simone, a waitress who dreams of visiting Paris, and as they watch the sun rise, Pee-wee encourages her to follow her dreams. Simone's boyfriend, Andy, misconstrues this as a fling and tries to attack Pee-wee, who escapes onto a moving train where he meets Hobo Jack. Eventually, Pee-wee reaches San Antonio. Disappointed to learn the Alamo has no basement, Pee-wee calls Dottie from a bus stop and informs her of his situation. There, he runs into Simone, who encourages him not to give up as she boards a bus on her way to Paris. Andy, stalking Simone, sees Pee-wee and resumes his attack. Pee-wee evades Andy at a rodeo by disguising himself as a bull rider. Forced to ride for real, Pee-wee does surprisingly well but receives a concussion, while Andy must flee an angry bull chasing after him. Pee-wee enters a biker bar to use the telephone, but an outlaw motorcycle club, Satan's Helpers, expels him. Pee-wee then accidentally knocks over their motorcycles, enraging the gang. His life threatened, Pee-wee makes a last request: to dance to "Tequila". He thereby wins the respect of the bikers, who give him a motorcycle to get home. Pee-wee crashes it through a billboard and ends up in the hospital, where he has a surreal nightmare of clown doctors messing with his bicycle. Awakening in his hospital bed, Pee-wee learns from a TV interview that his bicycle was bought by Warner Brothers, which is using it as a prop in a movie starring Kevin Morton, a pretentious child star. Pee-wee sneaks onto the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, California. After disguising himself as a nun, he steals his bike back. Pee-wee is chased by security staff, through a variety of sets, causing havoc throughout the lot. Pee-wee's bike has numerous gadgets which he uses to evade the guards and escape the studio. Outside, Pee-wee discovers a burning pet shop. He heroically rescues the animals, but with a hand full of slimy snakes, faints on the sidewalk just as police and fire department arrive. Nearly recovering, Pee-wee tells a firefighter and a police officer that there are still some fish inside. The firefighter hails Pee-wee as a hero, but the police officer says that Pee-wee is under arrest. Pee-wee is brought before a WB executive named Terry Hawthorne (Tony Bill), who says Pee-wee is the rightful owner of the bike and agrees to have all charges dismissed. Warner Brothers believes Pee-wee's experience would make a good movie. Exonerated as part of the deal, Pee-wee is overjoyed to see Dottie brought into the executive's office along with his bike. Later, at a drive-in theater, Pee-wee and Dottie attend the movie premiere of his supposed biopic, an action B-movie starring James Brolin as "P.W. Herman" (who introduces himself as "Herman, P.W. Herman") and Morgan Fairchild as Dottie. After ninjas attack the couple and steal an important sport bike called the X-1, P.W. gets a phone call from the unseen President of the United States, who explains that the X-1 has an important microfilm concealed in it, which the Soviets must not be allowed to discover. Pee-wee has a cameo appearance as a hotel bellhop who hands the phone to P.W. in this scene. At the premiere, Pee-wee gives refreshments to all the people he met along his journey including Mickey (who has been recaptured and furloughed in a prison bus to see the film). Pee-wee also encounters Francis, who brags to the media about how knowledgeable he is about Pee-wee's bike, but makes a fool of himself using one of the bicycle's gadgets. Pee-wee then offers to go bicycling with Dottie, who wonders why he is not staying for the rest of the film, causing Pee-wee to remark that it is not necessary for him to see the movie, since he lived it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pee-wee's Big Adventure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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