Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

"History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell."

Feb 17 1989 PG 1h 30m
Adventure, Comedy, Music

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Plot

In the small town of San Dimas, a few miles away from Los Angeles, there are two nearly brain dead teenage boys going by the names of Bill S, Preston ESQ. and Ted Theodore Logan, they have a dream together of starting their own rock and roll band called the "Wyld Stallyns". Unfortunately, they are still in high school and on the verge of failing out of their school as well, and if they do not pass their upcoming history report, they will be separated as a result of Ted's father sending him to military school. But, what Bill and Ted do not know is that they must stay together to save the future. So, a man from the future named Rufus came to help them pass their report. So, both Bill and Ted decided to gather up historical figures which they need for their report. They are hoping that this will help them pass their report so they can stay together.

Written by

Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon

Directed by

Stephen Herek

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Languages

Deutsch, Français, English

Awards

3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
145,111
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
50
Popularity
NA