Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Time travel comedy Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure follows two high school students who collect historical figures in an effort to pass their history presentation.
Fast Facts
- Director: Stephen Herek
- Producers: Scott Kroopf, Michael S. Murphey and Joel Soisson
- Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin
- Distributer: Orion Pictures
- Release Date: February 17, 1989
- Budget: $10 million
- Rating: PG
- Sequel: Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Most Triumphant Story
San Dimas, California natives Bill and Ted have dreams of turning their garage band, Wyld Stallyns, into a worldwide sensation. These dreams are in danger, however, as Ted will sent to military school in Alaska if he flunks history class.
A representative from the future, Rufus, reveals to Bill and Ted that their music will inspire an unprecedented period of world peace and prosperity, and that it is imperative that they pass their history class. Rufus lends them a time machine in the guise of a phone booth, and the two slackers travel through time collecting historical figures to use in their history presentation.
Highly Excellent Historical Figures
During their time travel adventures, Bill and Ted collect Napoleon, Socrates, Billy the Kid, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Sigmund Freud, Genghis Khan and Beethoven. In order to fool Bill's stepmother, they introduce them as Herman the Kid, Bob Genghis Khan, So-Crates Johnson, Maxine of Arc and Dennis Frood.
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