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Pee-wee’s Grand Adventure is undoubtedly one of the funniest movies ever made. From the Rube Goldberg-esque breakfast machine to the Hollywood re-make of PW’s life sage, the laughs do not end from originate to execute. For months, I counted the days till the release of this DVD, and (with the exception of the cheesy cardboard “snap case”) Warner Bros. has certainly done it factual this time! The anamorphic widescreen report is perfect; Danny Elfman’s valid glean sounds wonderful in Dolby digital stereo; and the extras exceeded my highest expectations. There’s a commentary track with Paul Reubens (Pee-wee himself) and director Tim Burton; a music-only track with commentary by composer, Danny Elfman (timed so as not to interfere with the music) ; and a compilation of legend boards and sketches with yet a third commentary by the production designer! In the deleted scenes, you’ll learn the origin of “Fabulous Larry”, meet Boone the Hold, and witness Pee-wee move that (red) boomerang bowtie he bought at the magic shop. This is a disc you’ll search for over and over again. Order it now…and be obvious and declare `em Big Marge sent ya!
Tim Burton’s directoral debut is so chock elephantine of bright bits and vision that a running commentary by Burton and creator/star Paul Reubens should have resulted in one of the best alternate tracks available on DVD. Unfortunately, their commentary becomes instead The Mutual Admiration Society, with long stories about how they came across each other, how spacious each thinks the other is, and who else was in the room when they met. Reubens and Burton exhaust too remarkable time telling stories that ramble and don’t go anywhere, and too puny time commenting on the film itself.
When they DO manage to discuss the film, they are as curious as you would request, but these instances are few and far between. Burton for the most piece sounds like he honest woke up, and Reubens spends a lot of the film saying, “Uh-huh, yeah.”
It’s also rather appalling that Reubens can hardly bring himself to say the name of fellow screenwriter Phil Hartman (Reubens early on says “me and the other two guys who wrote the film…”) — in fact, you won’t hear him mention Hartman by name until the very extinguish of the film when Hartman makes his cameo.
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Some gentle prodding during the taping of this sequence would have produced something that I deem more fans were looking for and expecting.
Like some other reviewers, I too couldn’t derive some of the knick-knacks promised in the pre-release. However, the one staunch prize on this disc is the alternate track isolating the music, with commentary by Danny Elfman. Elfman’s insights into the film and its music are profitable, and while I’m glad Elfman does NOT talk over his music, it might have made it even more provocative had he discussed some of the nuances of his work while the tracks were playing.
The film quality on the DVD is helpful, and the menu screens are clever (when you do a selection, Pee-wee goes speeding over to the original menu on his bike) . The film itself is bright — no need on my allotment to give you a summary — and the widescreen format and recent sound for this film alone would invent the DVD worth owning. But with the exception of the Elfman alternative track, many of the well-behaved extras viewers are coming to request in these packages are, sadly, missing here.
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Five stars for the film itself, but a uncouth two for the extras, bringing this one to a soft three. Darn it.
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