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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
1989 · Directed by Stephen Herek · 90 min · Adventure · Comedy · Science Fiction · 13 frames
Tagline
History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell.
Crew
- Written by: Ed Solomon, Chris Matheson
- Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt
- Edited by: Patrick Rand, Larry Bock
- Music: David Newman
- Production design: Roy Forge Smith
- Produced by: Scott Kroopf, Michael S. Murphey, Joel Soisson
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Ted 'Theodore' Logan
- Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston
- George Carlin as Rufus
- Terry Camilleri as Napoleon
- Dan Shor as Billy the Kid
- Tony Steedman as Socrates
- Rod Loomis as Freud
- Al Leong as Genghis Khan
- Jane Wiedlin as Joan of Arc
- Robert V. Barron as Abraham Lincoln
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French, German, Greek
- Studios: DEG, Nelson Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Soisson/Murphy Productions
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $40,510,984
- Themes: jealousy, school presentation, journey in the past, time travel, heavy metal, socrates, past, napoleon bonaparte, rhinoceros, world peace
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