Pee-wee’s Big Adventure was Tim Burton’s first feature, and its follow-up, Beetlejuice, was even more of a commercial success. The two small-budget cult hits earned Burton his first big-budget gig at Warner Bros.: directing the first film in the Batman franchise. Reubens and Diane Salinger (who plays Simone) would appear in the opening sequence of Burton’s Batman Returns as the Penguin’s parents.

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