With only a few days before their high-school graduation, it looks like airheaded rock star wannabes Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are doomed to flunk all their finals. The boys' long-suffering teacher (Bernie Casey) gives them one more chance. If they can ace an oral exam on the topic ...more
Year: 1989 | Running Time: 105 minutes
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$13.99BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE / (WS SUB DOL)
This slacker comedy provides some good low-brow laughs and, sadly enough, delivered many teenagers some history lessons when it was released. Keanu Reeves' breakthrough role as the loveable dunce Ted resulted in typecasting that would plague his career until The Matrix. The film aggravated some educators with its frivolous treatment of academia but brought praise from others for making history fun and palatable. It also stamped words like "bogus" and "gnarley" firmly into the '80s slang lexicon. ...more
- Keanu Reeves - Ted "Theodore" Logan
- Alex Winter - Bill S. Preston
- George Carlin - Rufus
- Terry Camilleri - Napoleon
- Bernie Casey - Mr. Ryan
- Dan Shor - Billy the Kid
- Ron Althoff - Security Guard
- John Karlsen - Evil Duke
- Kimberley Kates - Princess Elizabeth
- Al Leong - Genghis Khan
- Lisa Rubin - Girl at Mall
- Carol Gossler - Aerobic Instructor
- Jeff S. Goodrich - Music Store Salesman
- Traci Dawn Davis - Jody
- Stephen Herek - Director
- Robert W. Cort - Producer
- Stephen Deutsch - Producer
- Michael S. Murphey - Producer
- Ted Field - Producer
- Chris Matheson - Screenwriter
- Ed Solomon - Screenwriter
- Gordon White - Art Director
- Glenis S. Gross - Casting
- Brad Jeffries - Choreography
- Scott Kroopf - Co-producer
- Joel Soisson - Co-producer
- Jill M. Ohanneson - Costume Designer
- Larry Bock - Editor













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