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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

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6.9/10 • 1.8K

1989-02-171h 30m

AdventureComedyScience Fiction

History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell.

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Directors
Stephen Herek
Writters
Ed Solomon, Chris Matheson
Editors
Patrick Rand

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  1. Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves

    Ted 'Theodore' Logan

  2. Alex Winter

    Alex Winter

    Bill S. Preston

  3. George Carlin

    George Carlin

    Rufus

  4. Terry Camilleri

    Terry Camilleri

    Napoleon

  5. Dan Shor

    Dan Shor

    Billy the Kid

  6. Tony Steedman

    Tony Steedman

    Socrates

  7. Rod Loomis

    Rod Loomis

    Freud

  8. Al Leong

    Al Leong

    Genghis Khan

  9. Jane Wiedlin

    Jane Wiedlin

    Joan of Arc

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Peter McGinn

Oct 14, 2020

7/10

Another one of those movies I first watched a few years after it came out, and just watched again this week. It is still very funny to me in many places during their adventure. Their reaction to stuff that happens is hilarious sometimes, and just the speech patterns they use is witty. Little things like referring to Joan of Arc as Miss of Arc, for example. Remiscent of the valley girl language in Clueless, not so much what happens Is funny as it is how they respond to it. It is an amusing fun ride. There were a couple of minor letdowns for me this time, ones I don’t recall whether a I felt them the first time I watched it. I thought the fun of the action scaled back when they left Bill and Ted and followed Napoleon around back in San Demas. It just seemed to let the air out of the fun a bit. And the report, which is the reason for the adventure, was okay, but could have been funnier. It almost seemed like a letdown after the main action getting there. But it is all harmless fun and I wouldn’t discourage anyone from watching it for a laugh or three.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$40,500,000.00
Keywords
jealousyschool presentationjourney in the pastsigmund freudtime travelheavy metalsocratespastnapoleon bonaparterhinocerosworld peacebest friend