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User Rating:
6.7/10   28,250 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Chris Matheson (writer)
Ed Solomon (writer)
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Release Date:
17 February 1989 (USA) more
Tagline:
History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell... more
Plot:
Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
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(3 articles)
'Bill & Ted' actor Carlin dies, aged 71
 (From digitalspy. 23 June 2008, 5:26 AM, PDT)

Comedian George Carlin Dies At 71
 (From WENN. 23 June 2008, 12:05 AM, PDT)

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Probably one of the most intelligently written screenplays of alltime. more (138 total)
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Also Known As:
Dudes (USA) (working title)
The Adventures of Bill and Ted (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Every scene shot during the section of the film at the San Dimas mall, including the ice rink, were all filmed on location at the MetroCenter Mall in Phoenix, Arizona. more
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Continuity: In the beginning when Bill and Ted are leaving class, the writing on the blackboard clearly says "Ghenghis Khan". A few seconds later it says "Genghis Khan" more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Rufus: Hi, welcome to the future. San Dimas California 2688. And I'm telling you it's great here. The air is clean, the water's clean, even the dirt, it's clean. Bowling averages are way up, mini-golf scores are way down. And we have more excellent water slides than any other planet we communicate with...
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
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In Time more

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69 out of 93 people found the following review useful.
Probably one of the most intelligently written screenplays of alltime., 19 November 2000
Author: Professor Klickberg from Los Angeles

Any idiot can sit down and spend four or seven years of his life writing out his "masterpiece." You do some research, you do some hard work, you get a little help from friends and family, and you get it done. But, it takes a true writing genius (or geniuses, in this case) to create something as original as "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure." The ingenuity of the movie can even be seen in its delightful tagline: "History is about to be re-written by two guys who can't spell." This tagline is both simple and clever, while being both corny and slightly comical. Like "Real Genius," this film utilizes ideas from both the highest form of screenwriting while still delving into the lowest common denominator, somehow doing both at the same time. For instance, to perfectly grasp the concept of Bill and Ted's "lingo," one would truly have to stoop to the lowest rung of the intelligence level. But, with such ingenius ideas as having Bill and Ted meet each other in the beginning of the film, then later finding themselves, allowing the audience to gain insight on what happened in the past is just a stroke of cinematic brilliance. And the running gag about "when the Mongols conquered China" was one of the many cherries on the cake. Even some of the background comments (after being told he's "too tall, man" making the phone booth even more crowded, Lincoln responds: "That's how I'm built.") Any movie where Genghis Kahn is tempted to come into a phone booth by a Twinkie has to be something special. If only production companies and filmmakers would take a chance on something as original as a time travelling phone booth carrying two idiots on the course to better the future, the public could finally go back to watching movies in theaters again.

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