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Time travel in the movies is at an all time high in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Bill S Preston Esquire (Alex Winter) and Ted Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) are in danger of flunking History class. They're rescued by Rufus (George Carlin), a resident of San Dimas 700 years in the future--a future in which their band Wyld Stallyns has brought about world peace and the best water slides in the universe. Entrusted with a phone booth time machine, they pick up various historical personages to give a colourful stage show for their final exam. The hip 80s rock sensibility paved the way for many comedies that followed Wayne's World, with air guitar and phrases like "bogus" and "dude" entrenching themselves way beyond the film's cult following. The film spawned a number of spin-offs including a bodacious cartoon and comic book series.
On the DVD: a trailer and a gallery of 20 behind-the-scenes photos will disappoint fans, even though it's interesting to see director Stephen Herek at work before he moved onto more serious films such as Mr Holland's Opus. However, the film has never looked better than in this transfer, and the effects still look terrific (especially the channels of Time). A Dolby sound mix also does wonders for Beethoven's keyboard improvs. --Paul Tonks
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Bill and Ted (Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) are high school no-hopers who dream of forming a rock band, but unless Ted can pass a history exam, he will be shipped off to military school. When a figure from the future arrives with a time-travelling telephone booth, Bill and Ted use it to leap in and out of history, meeting such people as Napoleon, Socrates and Billy the Kid on the way. A sequel, 'Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey', followed.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By JAP2010
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I think GPs should prescribe this film to those suffering from depression - regardless of age or gender. I have also often thought, for what it's worth, that Bill and Ted should have founded their own religion - the message being "be excellent to each other". More sensible than plenty of established faiths, I reckon.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By G. Peckham
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a movie from my childhood.
i Love it.
I bought it after finding out a few of my younger friends havent seen it, and they all loved it.
Very funny, and also mildy educational, whilst deteriorating your english language skills! (Totally Bodacious!)
Its a really early Keanu Reeves film, and whetehr you like him as an actor or not, he's pretty stupid and funny in this.
Great music in this too.
A real "feel good film". the precurser to films like "Dude where's your car" and all those high school movies that aren't as good as this one.
i Love it.
I bought it after finding out a few of my younger friends havent seen it, and they all loved it.
Very funny, and also mildy educational, whilst deteriorating your english language skills! (Totally Bodacious!)
Its a really early Keanu Reeves film, and whetehr you like him as an actor or not, he's pretty stupid and funny in this.
Great music in this too.
A real "feel good film". the precurser to films like "Dude where's your car" and all those high school movies that aren't as good as this one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Roland
Format:DVD
Uplifting comedy, with lads Reeves and Winter on the verge of flunking their history class unless they come up with some extraordinary final report. To their rescue arrives a guest from the future who provides a phone booth, that enables our heroes to travel back in time. Collecting celebrities in order to spice up the report, they get more than they bargained for... Film did for the 80s what Clueless eventually did for the 90s: establishing the status quo of the period's youth culture with irreverent vernacular and a refreshingly fast pace. Thanks to the engaging performances of the two leads the film is entertaining for both the young and the young at heart. Here's to a goodnatured movie that works completely without any grossout jokes and doesn't dare to be meanspirited. So take a seat, recline and "be excellent"! As for the disc: These are the DVD times of documentaries, outtakes, deleted scenes and commentaries, therefor a theatrical trailer is as sad an extra feature as can be. The photo gallery also doesn't sweeten the pot. But the widescreen picture is brisk, the colors are saturated and the soundtrack rocks...come to think of it, that is more than I can say about my videotape and it makes the DVD - you better believe it, dudes - worth its money.
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great i would recomend this product to a friend, as it was on time and as described. . . :)
Published 23 days ago by L. Simpson
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Dude !!!!!!!!!
While the back cover indicate region A plays fine on region B it's a really pleasure to watch this Movie on Blu' really good transfer
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Awsome,
Definatly the best Bill and Ted, takes me back to my high school days, catch you later dudes.Bill and Ted.
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Just as i remembered, a littled dated but then again so am i, a classic so you can't knock it.
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this DVD was for my brother and he loved it, to be fair i watched it with him and it was totally bodacious dude!!
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Well, this takes me back to my early twenties! Just as good now as it was back then. Top stuff!
Published 3 months ago by Cathryn Anne Seber Norman
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good film
What can i say, its bill and ted good all round film, good price and service. would recommend. :)) fun fun fun
Published 5 months ago by Cat Woman
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Loved this mad, fast paced sequel better than the original, Death is brilliant too. Great 80/90's dialogue and fashions to make you glad you were there!!
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this was out before my time but i first saw it on t.v and i loved it.The story line is crazy but its good fun.
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