Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) is a comedy/science fiction film based on the idea of time travel.

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1989 - Comedy - Science fiction - Film - Time travel

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The film was released by Nelson Entertainment and Orion Pictures, written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, and directed by Stephen Herek. It starred Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri, Rod Loomis, Dan Shor and Jane Wiedlin.

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Nelson Entertainment - Orion Pictures - Chris Matheson - Ed Solomon - Stephen Herek - Alex Winter - Keanu Reeves - George Carlin - Terry Camilleri - Rod Loomis - Dan Shor - Jane Wiedlin

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The film was made in 1987, but due to the bankruptcy of the film's distributor, DEG, was not released until 1989. Due to the delay, certain dates in the movie originally scripted as "1987" had to be redubbed as "1988". The copyright date of this movie is 1988 and the same date appears on the DVD cover.

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1987 - DEG

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The film's taglines — "Be Excellent to Each Other" and "Party On, Dudes!" — as well as various other California slang phrases enjoyed a brief surge in popularity in the U.S. following the film's release. The film's "no way"/"yes way" exchanges received new life in 1992's Wayne's World, though shortened to "no way"/"way."

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California slang - Wayne's World

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It was followed in 1991 by a sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.

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1991 - Sequel - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

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Two spin-off television series were produced as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures. The first, an animated series featuring the voices of Carlin, Winter, and Reeves, ran for 21 episodes in 1990 and 1991. A later live action series, featuring none of the cast from the movie, lasted just seven episodes in 1992. A spin-off comic book, Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book, (following on from Bogus Journey) was produced by Marvel Comics.

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Television - Animated series - 1990 - 1991 - Live action - 1992 - Comic book - Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book - Bogus Journey - Marvel Comics

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There were also multi-level Game Boy, NES and Atari Lynx games released, which were very loosely based on the film's time travel aspect. The P.C title followed very close to the original movie and was made in 1991.

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Game Boy - NES - Atari Lynx

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