<P> 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...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 . </P> <P> The film was released on August 9, 1985, grossing over $40 million in North America . It eventually developed into a cult film and has since accumulated positive feedback . The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award and spawned two sequels, Big Top Pee - wee (1988) and Pee - wee's Big Holiday (2016). Its financial success, followed by the equally successful Beetlejuice in 1988, prompted Warner Bros. to hire Burton as the director for the 1989 film Batman . </P> <P> Pee - wee Herman has 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 is stolen while he is shopping at a mall . The police tell Pee - wee that they cannot help him find his bike . Pee - wee thinks Francis took it, and confronts him . Francis' father convinces Pee - wee that Francis did not steal the bike . 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 an unsuccessful meeting to locate the bike, Pee - wee angrily rejects Dottie's offers of help . Desperate, he visits "Madam Ruby", a phony psychic . Ruby, inspired by the Al and Moe's Bargain Basement shop across the street, tells Pee - wee that his bike is in the basement of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio . Pee - wee hitchhikes to Texas, getting rides from a fugitive, Mickey; and from Large Marge, the ghost of a deceased truck driver . </P> <P> 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 . As they watch the sunrise at a dinosaur museum, Pee - wee encourages her to follow her dreams, but Simone tells him about her jealous and large boyfriend, Andy, who disapproves . Andy arrives and tries to attack Pee - wee, who escapes onto a moving train and meets Hobo Jack . Pee - wee eventually arrives at the Alamo, but learns at the end of a guided tour that the building does not have a basement . At a bus station, Pee - wee encounters Simone, who tells him that she and Andy broke up and she is on her way to Paris . She tells Pee - wee not to give up finding his bike . Pee - wee calls Dottie at the bike shop and apologizes for his behavior . Andy spots Pee - wee and resumes his attack . Pee - wee evades Andy at a rodeo by disguising himself as a rodeo bull rider . Forced to ride for real, Pee - wee does well but receives a concussion . </P>

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