Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Clifford David, Rod Loomis, Terry Camilleri, Al Leong, Robert V. Barron, Dan Shor, Tony Steedman, Jane Wiedlin

Director: Stephen Herek

Summary: The excitement and fun begins when interplanetary rulers dispatch a cool dude from the 27th Century to send two young boys - who should have been studying history instead of playing rock music - on a trip through time and history.

In Stephen Herek's quirky comedy, two brain-dead California teenagers, with a combined vocabulary of approximately 75 words, travel back in time to corral various historical figures for a class presentation that just might keep the pair from failing history "most heinously." Bill S. Preston, Esquire (Alex Winter) and Ted "Theodore" Logan (Keanu Reeves, in one of his first starring roles) encounter Napoleon, Socrates, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Mozart, and others, who then journey forward in time with the duo in order to give the youth of California eye-witness accounts of the "awesome" pageant that is world history. Most excellent.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 30, 2006 7:16 PM

If high - school dunces Bill ( Alex Winter ) and Ted ( Keanu Reeves )
fail their exams , not only will their dads send them to military school and break up their rock band , but a messenger from the future warns them it must also bring about the end of the world ! So the dudes jump into a phone - box time machine for a rocking history lesson . Give it a go dudes !

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Time travel in the movies is at an all time high in Bill &Ted's Excellent Adventure. Bill S Preston Esquire (Alex Winter) and Ted Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) are in danger of flunking History class. They're rescued by Rufus (George Carlin), a resident of San Dimas 700 years in the future--a future in which their band Wyld Stallynshas brought about world peace and the best water slides in the universe. Entrusted with a phone booth time machine, they pick up various historical personages to give a colourful stage show for their final exam. The hip 80s rock sensibility paved the way for many comedies that followed Wayne's World, with air guitar and phrases like "bogus" and "dude" entrenching themselves way beyond the film's cult following. The film spawned a number of spin-offs including a bodacious cartoon and comic book series.

On the DVD: a trailer and a gallery of 20 behind-the-scenes photos will disappoint fans, even though it's interesting to see director Stephen Herek at work before he moved onto more serious films such as Mr Holland's Opus. However, the film has never looked better than in this transfer, and the effects still look terrific (especially the channels of Time). A Dolby sound mix also does wonders for Beethoven's keyboard improvs. --Paul Tonks

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Photo Gallery, Trailer
Subtitles:	Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
Year:	1988
Release Date:	May 20, 2002
Runtime:	87 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	M P 060 D
Label:	Take One Collection
Keywords:	Bill, Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Excellent, Adventure, Ted's
Genre:	Comedy