Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Director: Stephen Herek Stephen Herek

Overview

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 a presentation on the topic of how a famous historical personality might react to modern times, they will be allowed to pass. If not, Ted's dad will plunk the boy into military school, thereby breaking up the boys' garage band permanently. Bill and Ted receive unexpected aid from a very unexpected source: Rufus (George Carlin), an Emissary from the Future. It seems that in Rufus's time, Bill and Ted's rock music is the basis of all society-and if their band is aborted, Rufus's world will no longer exist. Thus, Bill and Ted are whisked off in a time machine (actually a telephone booth) to retrieve a few historical characters--including Joan of Arc, Abe Lincoln, Napoleon and Beethoven--as "eyewitnesses" for their crucial oral exam. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure inspired both a sequel (Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey) and a Saturday morning cartoon series.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2022
UPC:	0826663231304
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	10,273

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alex Winter	Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Keanu Reeves	Ted Logan
George Carlin	Rufus
Rod Loomis	Dr. Sigmund Freud
Terry Camilleri	Napoleon
Dan Shor	Billy the Kid
Tony Steedman	Socrates
Al Leong	Genghis Khan
Jane Wiedlin	Joan of Arc
Robert V. Barron	Abraham Lincoln
Clifford David	Ludwig van Beethoven
Hal Landon Jr.	Capt. Logan
Bernie Casey	Mr. Ryan
J. Patrick McNamara	Mr. Preston
Frazier Bain	Deacon
Diane Franklin	Princess Joanna
Kimberly LaBelle	Princess Elizabeth
William Robbins	Ox
Steve Shepherd	Randolf
Jim Cody Williams	Bearded Cowboy
Anne Machette	Buffy
Traci Dawn Davis	Jody,Most Important Person in the World
Duncan McLeod	Bartender
John Clure	Tatooed Cowboy
Dusty O'Dee	Old West Ugly Dude
Heather Pittman	Kerry,Daphne
Dick Alexander	Bowling Alley Manager
James Bowbitch	John the Serf
John Karlsen	Evil Duke
Jeff S. Goodrich	Music Store Salesman
Marjean Holden	Student Speaker
Claudia Templeton	Aerobic Saleswoman
Carol Gossler	Aerobic Instructor
Steve Rotblatt	Police Psychiatrist
Fee Waybill	Most Important Person in the World
Clarence Clemons	Most Important Person in the World
Ed Solomon	Stupid Waiter
Sarah Trigger	Actor
Pam Grier	Actor
William Sadler	Actor
Joss Ackland	Actor
Chelcie Ross	Actor
Annette Azcuy	Actor
Taj Mahal	Actor
Robert Noble	Actor
Hal Landon Sr.	Actor
Amy Stoch	Missy/Mom
Kimberley Kates	Princess Elizabeth
Alex Winters	Actor
Roi Loomis	Sigmund Freud
Tony Camilieri	Actor
Stanzi Stokes	Actor
Richard Alexander	Bowling Alley Manager
Lisa Rubin	Girl at Mall
Chris Matheson	Ugly Waiter
Mark Ogden	1st Neanderthal
Ron Althoff	Security Guard
Tom Dugan	2nd Neanderthal
David Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Christian Matheson

Ed Solomon

Stephen Herek	Director
Dan Bradley	Stunts
Robert W. Cort	Executive Producer,Producer
Ted Field	Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Scott Kroopf	Producer
Michael S. Murphey	Producer
Joel Soisson	Producer
Christian Matheson	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Ed Solomon	Screenwriter
W.K. Border	Producer
Stephen Deutsch	Producer
John H. Arrufat	Sound Effects
Gary Blufer	Sound Effects
Joe Dorn	Sound Effects
Dean Drabin	Sound Effects
Barry Nolan	Special Effects
Glenis S. Gross	Casting

Editorial Reviews

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. George Carlin's appearance as the time-traveler Rufus adds a little comedic legitimacy to this little film, which essentially boils down to engaging and well-paced silly, mindless fun with a fairly well-written script. The legacy of Bill and Ted can be traced to the slacker comedies of Adam Sandler, and the film itself was popular enough to spawn an ill-fated sequel and a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon.

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