Big Top Pee-Wee

Director: Randal Kleiser

Overview

Pee-Wee lives on a farm that is full of talking animals and very large produce. One morning, after a tornado blows through, he wakes up to find a circus deposited in his back yard. Upon learning that they are facing bankruptcy, he suggests that they stage a show celebrating agriculture.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/25/2017
UPC:	0032429273352
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00
Sales rank:	12,746

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Paul Reubens	Pee-wee Herman
Penelope Ann Miller	Winnie
Valeria Golino	Gina Piccolapupula
Kris Kristofferson	Mace Montana
Wayne White	Vance the Pig
Susan Tyrrell	Midge Montana
Albert Henderson	Mr. Ryan
Jack Murdock	Otis
David Byrd	Deke
Frances Bay	Mrs. Haynes
Leo Gordon	Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon)
Anne Seymour	Pearl
Kenneth Tobey	Sheriff
Jay Robinson	Cock
Terrence Mann	Snowball the Clown
Mary Jackson	Mrs. Dill
Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros	Andy
Stephanie Hodge	Actor
Carol Infield Siff	Dot, Siamese Twin
Helen Siff	Ruth, Siamese Twin
Eve Smith	Bunny
Franco Columbu	Otto, The Strongman
Vance Colvig	Clownie
Matthias Hues	Oscar, The Lion Tamer
Benicio Del Toro	Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
Kevin Hall	Big John
Lynne Stewart	Zelda, Bearded Lady
John Sherrod	Del, The Human Cannonball
Joey Arias	Shim the Half Man/Half Woman
Bunny Summers	Costume Woman
Dustin Diamond	Child - Deke
Pee-Wee Herman	Actor
Danny Elfman	Composer

Technical Credits

Paul Reubens

George McGrath

Randal Kleiser	Director
Paul Reubens	Screenwriter,Producer
George McGrath	Screenwriter
Debra Hill	Producer
William E. McEuen	Executive Producer,Producer
Richard Gilbert Abramson	Executive Producer,Producer
Richard Edlund	Special Effects
Victoria Thomas	Casting
Kirk Francis	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Written by the real-life identity of Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens), the silly slapstick comedy Big Top Pee Wee pales in comparison to the surreal comic fantasy of Pee Wee's Big Adventure. The problem partly comes from the lack of director Tim Burton, who excels at creating visually bizarre and fantastical worlds for eccentric characters to inhabit. Here, director Randal Kleiser shows little knack for creating the kind of comic book atmosphere necessary for a Pee Wee Herman movie. Also problematic is Pee Wee's supposed growth into adulthood. Where he remained naïvely asexual in the first movie, here he is engaged to be married, two-timing, and apparently loses his virginity. Especially in light of his real-world convictions of indecent exposure, these adult situations seem awkward and uncomfortable involving a character whose innocent delight in the world is what makes him so charming. The ludicrous plot and zany sight gags lose their humorous appeal in a film that literally poses Pee Wee as a circus freak.