Tim Burton’s 1985 comedy Pee-wee’s Big Adventure arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration with 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio and an alternate 5.1 mix. Paul Reubens’s iconic character sets off on a cross-country quest for his stolen bicycle in Burton’s exuberant feature debut.
Film Info
Country: United States
Year: 1985
Runtime: 91 minutes
Color | 1.85:1 | English
Spine: #1293
Special Features
Director-approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by Tim Burton, with 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary by Tim Burton and actor-cowriter Paul Reubens
- Audio commentary by composer Danny Elfman (over a music-only track)
- New interview with Burton and 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 Paul Reubens (2005)
- Excerpts from a fortieth-anniversary screening presented by Nostalgic Nebula and hosted by Dana Gould
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
- Plus: an essay by Jesse Thorn
- New cover by Luigi Olivadoti
Release Date
The Criterion edition of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure releases on December 16, 2025 and can be pre-ordered here.
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