Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

02/17/1989 (US) • 1h 30m

Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Keanu Reeves

Ted 'Theodore' Logan

Alex Winter

Bill S. Preston

Dan Shor

Billy the Kid

Al Leong

Genghis Khan

Jane Wiedlin

Joan of Arc


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Part of the Bill & Ted Collection

Includes Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill & Ted Face the Music

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

$40,510,984.00

Keywords

jealousy

school presentation

journey in the past

sigmund freud

time travel

heavy metal

socrates

past

napoleon bonaparte

rhinoceros

world peace

best friend

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