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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) is a comedy/science fiction film based on the idea of time travel. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure File links The following pages link to this file: Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure Categories: Free use images ... Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure File links The following pages link to this file: Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure Categories: Free use images ... See also: 1988 in film, other events of 1989, 1990 in film, list of years in film. Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. ... A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is considered by many to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...

The film was released by Nelson Entertainment and Orion Pictures, written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, and directed by Stephen Herek. It starred Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri, Rod Loomis, Dan Shor and Jane Wiedlin. Orion Pictures Corporation was a U.S. movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. ... Alex Winter (born July 17, 1965) is an actor, director and film writer, originally from Great Britain but raised in the USA. He is perhaps most recognizable as the blonde_haired, air_guitar_playing Bill S. Preston Esquire from Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure. ... Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves (born Wednesday, September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Anglo/Canadian Hollywood film actor. ... George Carlin in the film Jersey Girl George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York City) is an Irish American (I used to be Irish Catholic, now Im an American. ... Dan Shor promotional photo Daniel Shor is a veteran actor, director, writer and teacher with a career spanning 28 years. ... Jane Wiedlin (born May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA) is the rhythm guitarist of the all female multi-platinum rock band The Go-Gos. ...

The film was made in 1987, but due to the bankruptcy of the film's distributor, DEG, was not released until 1989. Due to the delay, certain dates in the movie originally scripted as "1987" had to be redubbed as "1988". The copyright date of this movie is 1988 and is what appears, for example, on the DVD cover. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The film's taglines - "Be Excellent to Each Other" and "Party On, Dudes!" - as well as various other California slang phrases enjoyed a brief surge in popularity in the U.S. following the film's release. The film's "no way"/"yes way" exchanges received new life in 1992's Wayne's World, though shortened to "no way"/"way". Waynes World is a 1992 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a cable access television show from Aurora, Illinois. ...

It was followed in 1991 by a sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate use, hydrogen fuel car: General Motors Sequel A sequel is a work of fiction (e. ... Bill & Teds Bogus Journey is a 1991 American comedy science fiction film, the sequel to Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure. ...

Two spin-off television series were produced as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures. The first, an animated series featuring the voices of Carlin, Winter, and Reeves, ran for 21 episodes in 1990 and 1991. A later live action series, featuring none of the cast from the movie, lasted just seven episodes in 1992. A spin-off comic book, Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book, (following on from Bogus Journey) was produced by Marvel Comics. There was also multi-level Game Boy, NES and Atari Lynx games released, which were very loosely based on the film's time travel aspect. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... Atari Lynx The Atari Lynx was Ataris only handheld game console, and the first such machine with a color display. ...

Plot

Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Winter) and Ted "Theodore" Logan (Reeves), simply referred to as "Bill & Ted," are teenagers in San Dimas, California who are in danger of flunking out of high school. A guitar-playing guru named Rufus (Carlin) arrives from a future San Dimas to help them pass a vital history test, because their garage band ("Wyld Stallyns", pronounced "Wild Stallions") holds the key to world peace and ultimate truth but will not achieve its destiny if the duo fail the exam and Ted's authoritarian father carries out his threat to ship him to Oats Military Academy in Alaska. Rufus lends them a time machine disguised as a phone booth, which they use to meet - and "collect" - six historical figures: , Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Socrates (comically pronounced by the duo as sO 'krAtes), Sigmund Freud, Beethoven (pronounced by the duo Beeth oven), Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc (or, as they called her "Miss of Arc"), and Abraham Lincoln to help them with their vital history presentation. San Dimas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... For the software created by Apple, see GarageBand Garage band is a general term for startup bands, often consisting of teenagers and twenty-somethings. ... The term authoritarian is used to describe an organization or a state which enforces strong and sometimes oppressive measures against the population, generally without attempts at gaining the consent of the population. ... There are three types of military academies: High school level institutions (up to age 19), university level institutions, and those only serving to prepare officer cadets for commissioning into the armed services of a state ( such as RMA Sandhurst ). United States usage The term Military School primarily refers to (middle... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... A classic red telephone box. ... Bonaparte as general, by Antoine-Jean Gros. ... Billy the Kid Henry McCarty (November 23, 1859–July 14, 1881) better known as Billy the Kid but also known by the alias William Henry Bonney, was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and murderer who was a participant in the Lincoln County War. ... Socrates This article is about the ancient Greek philosopher, for all other uses see: Socrates (disambiguation) Socrates (June 4, c. ... Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an Austrian psychiatrist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, a movement that popularized the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770; died March 26, 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ... For the German pop band, see Dschinghis Khan Genghis Khan (1155/1162/1167–August 18, 1227) (Cyrillic: Чингис Хаан), (also spelled as Chingis Khan, Jenghis Khan, etc. ... Image of Joan of Arc, painted between 1450 and 1500 (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490). ... Order: 16th President Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865); Andrew Johnson (1865) Term of office: March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 Preceded by: James Buchanan Succeeded by: Andrew Johnson Date of birth: February 12, 1809 Place of birth: Hardin County, Kentucky (now in LaRue County) Date of death: April 15...

Originally, the time machine was to be a 1969 Chevrolet van, but the idea was nixed as being too close in concept to the De Lorean in 1985's Back To The Future. Instead, the time machine was styled after a 1960s American telephone booth. In hindsight, this was quite similar to the time-travelling British police box of the BBC's television programme Doctor Who; however, the Bill & Ted telephone booth lacked the huge interior spaces of the Doctor's TARDIS. Nevertheless, they managed to get up to eight people in the booth at the same time. Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of the General Motors group. ... De Lorean can refer to: John De Lorean, an American businessman who founded (in Ireland) the De Lorean Motor Company, which manufactured an automobile, the De Lorean DMC-12, which was used in the film Back to the Future This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Back to the Future is a 1985 film by Robert Zemeckis, written by Robert Zemeckis and Robert Gale, and starring Michael J. Fox. ... A classic red telephone box. ... 20th century British police call box, similar to that used in Doctor Who A police box is a telephone kiosk or callbox for use by members of the police. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... List of Doctor Who serials Doctor Who audio releases Doctor Who spin-offs - includes a discussion of the many novelisations and original novels based on the series History of Doctor Who The Doctor (Doctor Who) List of supporting characters in Doctor Who, including villains and aliens List of robots in... The Third Doctor emerging from the TARDIS (from the 1970 serial Spearhead from Space). ...

External links

• BillAndTed.org, official fansite
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure at the Internet Movie Database
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures at the Internet Movie Database (animated TV series)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures at the Internet Movie Database (TV series)