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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

  • 1989
  • PG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
136K
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Keanu Reeves, Robert V. Barron, Terry Camilleri, George Carlin, Al Leong, Tony Steedman, and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Two seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine.
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Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate history presentation after being presented with a time machine.Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate history presentation after being presented with a time machine.Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate history presentation after being presented with a time machine.

  • Director
    • Stephen Herek
  • Writers
    • Chris Matheson
    • Ed Solomon
  • Stars
    • Keanu Reeves
    • Alex Winter
    • George Carlin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    136K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,905
    392
    • Director
      • Stephen Herek
    • Writers
      • Chris Matheson
      • Ed Solomon
    • Stars
      • Keanu Reeves
      • Alex Winter
      • George Carlin
    • 285User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
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    Keanu Reeves
    Keanu Reeves
    • Ted 'Theodore' Logan
    Alex Winter
    Alex Winter
    • Bill S. Preston
    George Carlin
    George Carlin
    • Rufus
    Terry Camilleri
    Terry Camilleri
    • Napoleon
    Dan Shor
    Dan Shor
    • Billy the Kid
    Tony Steedman
    Tony Steedman
    • Socrates
    Rod Loomis
    Rod Loomis
    • Freud
    Al Leong
    Al Leong
    • Genghis Khan
    Jane Wiedlin
    Jane Wiedlin
    • Joan of Arc
    Robert V. Barron
    Robert V. Barron
    • Abraham Lincoln
    Clifford David
    Clifford David
    • Beethoven
    Hal Landon Jr.
    Hal Landon Jr.
    • Captain Logan
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • Mr. Ryan
    Amy Stoch
    Amy Stoch
    • Missy
    • (as Amy Stock-Poynton)
    • …
    J. Patrick McNamara
    J. Patrick McNamara
    • Mr. Preston
    Frazier Bain
    • Deacon
    Diane Franklin
    Diane Franklin
    • Princess Joanna
    Kimberley Kates
    Kimberley Kates
    • Princess Elizabeth
    • (as Kimberley LaBelle)
    • Director
      • Stephen Herek
    • Writers
      • Chris Matheson
      • Ed Solomon
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Alex Winter claimed that he gets two types of letters from teachers; positive ones from history teachers for encouraging students to learn about history, and negative ones from English teachers for affecting the way students speak.
    • Goofs
      There is a heinous number of most egregious anachronistic errors in the depiction of the famous historical dudes, their lives, their works, their time periods and the state of their hearing.
    • Quotes

      Ted: Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.

    • Alternate versions
      In the Television version, there are a few minor dialogue edits. For example, in the scene where Ted falls down a flight of stairs in a suit of armor and a "medieval dude" run the suit through, Bill says to the man who did that "You killed Ted you medieval Dickweed", the Dialogue is changed to "You killed Ted you medieval 'Bonehead'"
    • Connections
      Edited from War and Peace (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      I Can't Break Away
      Written by Mitch Bottler and Gary Zekley

      Published by Colgems - EMI Music Inc. and Teenie Bopper Music

      Performed by Big Pig

      Produced by Nick Launay

      Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.

    User reviews285

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    Probably one of the most intelligently written screenplays of alltime.
    Any idiot can sit down and spend four or seven years of his life writing out his "masterpiece." You do some research, you do some hard work, you get a little help from friends and family, and you get it done. But, it takes a true writing genius (or geniuses, in this case) to create something as original as "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure." The ingenuity of the movie can even be seen in its delightful tagline: "History is about to be re-written by two guys who can't spell." This tagline is both simple and clever, while being both corny and slightly comical. Like "Real Genius," this film utilizes ideas from both the highest form of screenwriting while still delving into the lowest common denominator, somehow doing both at the same time. For instance, to perfectly grasp the concept of Bill and Ted's "lingo," one would truly have to stoop to the lowest rung of the intelligence level. But, with such ingenius ideas as having Bill and Ted meet each other in the beginning of the film, then later finding themselves, allowing the audience to gain insight on what happened in the past is just a stroke of cinematic brilliance. And the running gag about "when the Mongols conquered China" was one of the many cherries on the cake. Even some of the background comments (after being told he's "too tall, man" making the phone booth even more crowded, Lincoln responds: "That's how I'm built.") Any movie where Genghis Kahn is tempted to come into a phone booth by a Twinkie has to be something special. If only production companies and filmmakers would take a chance on something as original as a time travelling phone booth carrying two idiots on the course to better the future, the public could finally go back to watching movies in theaters again.
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    • Klickberg
    • Nov 19, 2000

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
    • Also known as
      • Dudes
    • Filming locations
      • Metrocenter Mall - 9801 N. Metro Pkwy W., Phoenix, Arizona, USA(Joan of Arc scenes)
    • Production companies
      • De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
      • De Laurentiis Film Partners
      • Interscope Communications
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $40,485,039
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,167,651
      • Feb 20, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $40,508,994
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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