In an alternate universe, a precociously gifted young animator named Tim Burton with a few acclaimed short films to his name would have made his feature film debut not with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure but with After Hours. Instead of debuting with one of the greatest comedies of the 1980s, and also all time, he would have made his debut with a film that’s also one of the greatest comedies of the 1980s, and also of all time.
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