Paul Reubens for a full-length Pee-wee Herman film. Reubens' original idea was to do a remake of "Pollyanna", which Reubens claims is his favorite film. Halfway through writing the script, Reubens noticed everyone at Warner Bros. had a bike with them, which inspired Reubens to start on a new script with Phil Hartman. When Reubens and the producers of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" saw Tim Burton's work on "Vincent" and "Frankenweenie", they chose Burton to be the film's director. The film tells the story of Pee-wee Herman embarking on nationwide adventure in search of his stolen bicycle. The movie went on to gross
Paul Harris (film critic) in the Film and TV course at Swinburne University and also, a lecturer for the Professional Screenwriting course at RMIT. He is the author of "The Film Buff's DVD Companion" (Text Publishing). Paul Harris (film critic) Paul Harris, born in 1950 in Melbourne and educated at Assumption College, Kilmore is a film critic, who appears on radio stations 3RRR and 3AW. Known for his vast knowledge of film, music and theatre, and for his elaborate puns and impressions, he has fronted the radio show "Filmbuff's Forecast" since 1982. For the first ten years he co-anchored with John Flaus to produce