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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

PG·1989·90m

Adventure

Comedy

Science Fiction

Adventure

Comedy

Science Fiction

Summary

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.

Cast

Keanu Reeves

Ted 'Theodore' Logan

Alex Winter

Bill S. Preston

George Carlin

Rufus

Terry Camilleri

Napoleon

Dan Shor

Billy the Kid

Tony Steedman

Socrates

Rod Loomis

Freud

Al Leong

Genghis Khan

Jane Wiedlin

Joan of Arc

Robert V. Barron

Abraham Lincoln

Clifford David

Beethoven

Hal Landon Jr.

Captain Logan

Bernie Casey

Mr. Ryan

Amy Stoch

Missy / Mom

J. Patrick McNamara

Mr. Preston

Frazier Bain

Deacon

Diane Franklin

Princess Joanna

Kimberley Kates

Princess Elizabeth

William Robbins

Steve Shepherd

Randolf

Anne Machette

Buffy

Traci Dawn Davis

Jody

Duncan McLeod

Bartender

John Clure

Tattooed Cowboy

Jim Cody Williams

Bearded Cowboy

Dusty O'Dee

Old West Ugly Dude

Heather Pittman

Kerry

Ruth Pittman

Daphne

Richard Alexander

Bowling Alley Manager

James Bowbitch

John the Serf

John Karlsen

Evil Duke

Jeanne Hermine Herek

Mother at Waterslides

Jonathan Bond

Waterslide Attendant

Jeff S. Goodrich

Music Store Salesman

Lisa Rubin

Girl at Mall

Marjean Holden

Student Speaker

Claudia Templeton

Aerobic Saleswoman

Carol Gossler

Aerobic Instructor

James D. Nelson

Mall Photographer

Marcia Darroch

Store Clerk

Steven Rotblatt

Police Psychiatrist

Ed Solomon

Stupid Waiter

Chris Matheson

Ugly Waiter

Mark Ogden

Neanderthal #1

Tom Dugan

Neanderthal #2

Ron Althoff

Security Guard

Martha Davis

The Three Most Important People In The World

Fee Waybill

The Three Most Important People In The World

Clarence Clemons

The Three Most Important People In The World

Phillip V. Caruso

Dance Photographer (uncredited)

Lee Hollingsworth

Student (uncredited)

Greg Lutz

Deputy (uncredited)

Michael S. Murphey

Mr. Ward (uncredited)

Golan Ramraz

Kid at Waterslides (uncredited)

Darrell Redleaf-Fielder

Mall Goer (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Stephen Herek

Writer

Ed Solomon

Writer

Chris Matheson

Reviews

narrator56

October 14, 2020

Another one of those movies I first watched a few years after it came out, and just watched again this week. It is still very funny to me in many places during their adventure. Their reaction to stuff that happens is hilarious sometimes, and just the speech patterns they use is witty. Little things like referring to Joan of Arc as Miss of Arc, for example. Remiscent of the valley girl language in Clueless, not so much what happens Is funny as it is how they respond to it. It is an amusing fun ride.

There were a couple of minor letdowns for me this time, ones I don’t recall whether a I felt them the first time I watched it. I thought the fun of the action scaled back when they left Bill and Ted and followed Napoleon around back in San Demas. It just seemed to let the air out of the fun a bit. And the report, which is the reason for the adventure, was okay, but could have been funnier. It almost seemed like a letdown after the main action getting there.

But it is all harmless fun and I wouldn’t discourage anyone from watching it for a laugh or three.