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Big Top Pee-wee

  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 26m
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5.0/10
9.5K
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Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.
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AdventureComedyRomance
Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
9.5K
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    • Randal Kleiser
    • Paul Reubens
    • George McGrath
  • Stars
    • Paul Reubens
    • Penelope Ann Miller
    • Kris Kristofferson
    • Randal Kleiser
    • Paul Reubens
    • George McGrath
  • Stars
    • Paul Reubens
    • Penelope Ann Miller
    • Kris Kristofferson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
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    Trailer 2:19
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    Valeria Golino, Paul Reubens, Kevin Peter Hall, Kris Kristofferson, Franco Columbu, and Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Valeria Golino and Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Valeria Golino, Paul Reubens, Kevin Peter Hall, Kris Kristofferson, Frances Bay, Franco Columbu, Anne Seymour, and Kenneth Tobey in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Kris Kristofferson in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Penelope Ann Miller in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens, Kevin Peter Hall, Kris Kristofferson, Franco Columbu, and Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
    Paul Reubens and Kris Kristofferson in Big Top Pee-wee (1988)

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    Paul Reubens
    Paul Reubens
    • Pee-wee Herman
    • (as Pee-wee Herman)
    Penelope Ann Miller
    Penelope Ann Miller
    • Winnie
    Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson
    • Mace Montana
    Valeria Golino
    Valeria Golino
    • Gina Piccolapupula
    Wayne White
    Wayne White
    • Vance the Pig
    • (voice)
    Susan Tyrrell
    Susan Tyrrell
    • Midge Montana
    Albert Henderson
    • Mr. Ryan
    Jack Murdock
    Jack Murdock
    • Otis
    David Byrd
    David Byrd
    • Deke
    Mary Jackson
    Mary Jackson
    • Mrs. Dill
    Frances Bay
    Frances Bay
    • Mrs. Haynes
    Leo Gordon
    Leo Gordon
    • Joe - Blacksmith
    • (as Leo V. Gordon)
    Anne Seymour
    Anne Seymour
    • Pearl
    Kenneth Tobey
    Kenneth Tobey
    • Sheriff
    Jay Robinson
    Jay Robinson
    • Cook
    Eve Smith
    • Bunny
    Andrew Shalat
    • Paolo Piccolapupula
    Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros
    Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros
    • Andy
      • Randal Kleiser
      • Paul Reubens
      • George McGrath
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Benicio Del Toro.
    • Goofs
      When PeeWee and Winnie are eating lunch, some of Winnie's egg salad sandwich falls on PeeWee's face and jacket. He wipes his face on her dress, but in the next shot it's not on her dress or his jacket.
    • Quotes

      Pee-wee: [shouts impatiently] All I wanted was a measly sandwich! I very nicely explained that I was starving. I'm starving! PLEASE!

      Mr. Ryan: [defeatedly] Sorry, ladies. I guess you'll just have to wait. You remember, no one is as important in this community as Pee-wee Herman. All you other shoppers will just have to play second fiddle to Pee-wee. I guess that's just the way things are around here. My whole purpose in life is to serve Pee-wee Herman. And everything else comes second!

      [finishes Pee-wee's sandwich]

      Mr. Ryan: There's your sandwich. Is there anything else I can do for you, Pee-wee?

      Pee-wee: Well, I would like a pickle if it's not too much trouble.

      Mr. Ryan: No! No trouble at all, Pee-wee. Sorry, Otis. Sorry, Deke.

      [opens a barrel, knocking over Otis and Deke's chess board; extracts a pickle and hands it to Pee-wee]

      Mr. Ryan: Game's over. Pee-wee Herman wants a pickle. Here. Here's your darned pickle. Are you happy now?

      Pee-wee: Mmm-hmm.

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits, a short cartoon plays featuring snacks singing about getting refreshments at the theater lobby.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Dead Pool/Phantasm II/Midnight Run/Boyfriends and Girlfriends/Die Hard (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Barnyard Circus Parade
      Written by Danny Elfman

    User reviews56

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    Painful PeeWee
    I've tried watching this movie three times, and can never get all the way through it. Big Top Pee Wee is as bad as Pee Wee's Big Adventure was good. Other than some imaginative effects, Pee Wee looks like he fell out of the sky and landed in this movie. I think Bill Murray would have been better cast in a movie with this plotline, especially in the scenes where Pee Wee is acting like a dog in heat. Murray would make a convicing "hayseed" and slob on a farm. Reubens seems to strain in his attempt to make something of the unfunny material he's given...the characters around him are generally unfunny as well. How anyone came up with this farm, then circus plotline is beyond me. The film is generally devoid of laughs. An overall waste of the Pee Wee Herman character and one of the worst "comedies" I've ever seen.
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    • wsureck
    • Apr 6, 2002

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    • Release date
      • July 22, 1988 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney's Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
      • Dolby

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