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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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Amazon.co.uk Review

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


Iron Maiden?....Excellent!!
Review date: 2008-09-26 Rating: 10 out of 10

Dude..This movie is most excellent! You will learn many important facts about history (erm..)like Caesar is a "salad dressing dude" and meet many great characters from history like a dude who, 700 years ago, totally ravaged China, and who, we were told, 2 hours ago, totally ravaged Oshman's Sporting Goods. I was 21 and a huge rock fan when this movie came out. every metal / rock fan i knew was watching this movie and saying the quotes! I still love this movie even now, it is still great to watch with a few friends, some beer and nachos.

So buy this movie and remember to be excellent to each other and party on dudes!

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Put them in the Iron Maiden
Review date: 2008-09-11 Rating: 10 out of 10

Great movie, lots of fun.
All we are is dust in the wind dude!


Excellent!
Review date: 2008-05-26 Rating: 10 out of 10

Alex Winter (The Lost boys) and Keanu Reeves (Dangerous Liaisons) star as Bill and Ted, two teenagers in danger of failing their history class. A man from the future comes from the future to give them good news. He gives them a time machine where they can travel through time to collect historical figures for their report.

This Stephen Herek (101 Dalmatians) picture is the true catalyst of comedy, with excellent physical humour and sharp witty dialogue with ace brilliant catch phrases from the two central protagonists. Beautifully directed, this 1989 fantasy comedy is brilliant in justifying the genre, making a wonderful light hearted film.

Winter and Reeves make a great onscreen partnership with their timing, catchphrases, facial reactions and companionship making them one of the best male comedy partnerships over the last twenty years. Using typical teenage conventions such as stupidity and slang, we can relate to the characters and their motives and, though stereotypical, are fun to watch.

The plot is "most excellent" with a very consistent baseline, sharp dialogue, great direction, action sequences and visual effects. Jumping through all different times, the film makes great use of settings and jumps on opportunities to capture the essence of each time well and from the comedy perspective, it is used brilliantly.

The use of historical figures is also a great device to gain acceptance into the comedy genre with Billy the Kid, Socrates, Beethoven and Genghis Kahn the most interesting and funny, though none will match Napoleon who was by far the funniest character of the entire film, especially the bowling scene which will get you in stitches.

It is most simply, most excellent and you must watch it dudes!

9/10

Great movie, very bad quality transfer
Review date: 2007-10-28 Rating: 2 out of 10

I love this film and thought I'd buy it to watch with my daughter, but this particular transfer is appalling. When it arrived, the cover and DVD label looked like somebody had done a dodgy download and printed them on a poor bubble jet. They're so blurred that honestly it looks like a kid has done it in their bedroom as a pirate copy to make a bit of cash. The film itself is so out of synch with the dialogue, I wish I'd just recorded it from the telly. I know it's cheap but this is appalling. I bought the sequel at the same time and - ironically - though the movie is not as good, the DVD transfer is much better and the sound is in synch. Even the packaging looks more professional. Please don't tell me this is all down to my TV or DVD player or amplifier because everything else plays with no problems. Very disappointed and will be sending this back to look for a better version.

Quick Reviews!
Review date: 2007-09-03 Rating: 10 out of 10

Another great, innocent eighties teen movie about rock, hope, the future, the past, the present, babes etc. It may seem to send out the message that rock fans are dumb, these two are, but it is a comedy and wouldn't work if they weren't. The film is simply about friendship and trying to do something worthwhile in your life, that even a high school nobody can make a difference. Hardly original ideas, but given a totally excellent twist for the genre.

Bill and Ted are two typical high school losers from San Dimas. They love their rock music, dream of being in a band and meeting some radical babes. Reality states otherwise- that exams are approaching and if they fail, it's off to military school. As they believe that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife, their prospects of passing their history final are not good. One night, hanging around the Circle K, they meet themselves-from the future, and a guy named Rufus. He tells them they must pass their exam or there will be grave consequences for the world. They must travel back in time to find historical figures to bring back for their exam, travelling in a phone booth of course. On the way they fall in love, meet many people and get into a few scrapes. Soon though, their historical figures run riot in a local mall and get arrested. Time is running out- but they have a time machine...

A silly idea, but very cleverly executed, and the result is much smarter than you might expect. Keanu and Alex are both excellent in their roles, and the rest of the cast are all very good. Special mention to Terry Camilleri who is very funny as Napolean. He gets some of the best lines-'Le Glace?' and 'Idiot!' amongst others. There are many one-liners, the film creating an inane language of its own which is both repeatable and harmless. The plot does fly all over the place, but it remains easy, and deals with the concept of time-travel much like Back to the Future did. There are many references which rock fans will get, modern audiences may not understand half the film now and will no doubt see it as extremely cheesy. The dialogue and fashion may have dated hideously, but so will all today's teen shows and movies. This however retains charm over the years, and is still cool. There are many interesting ideas here, some very funny moments, and is more original than many would admit. Good solid entertainment, executed with a unique style. Not many extras on the DVD though.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Dan Shor
Keanu Reeves
Alex Winter
Terry Camilleri
George Carlin

Creators:
Keanu Reeves (Primary Contributor)
Alex Winter (Primary Contributor)
Joel Soisson (Producer)
Michael S. Murphey (Producer)
Robert W. Cort (Producer)
Scott Kroopf (Producer)
Stephen Deutsch (Producer)
Chris Matheson (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: MGM
Manufacturer: MGM
EAN: 9780792851523
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 0792851528
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2001-12-04
Universal product code (UPC): 027616869265
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1989-02-17
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)

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