Product Details

• Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri, Dan Shor
• Directors: Stephen Herek
• Writers: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon
• Producers: Joel Soisson, Michael S. Murphey, Robert W. Cort, Scott Kroopf, Stephen Deutsch
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English, French, German
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Cobra Prodocciones
• VHS Release Date: November 14, 1994
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303332897
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #444,893 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Like, radical, dude--but not nearly as funny as it should be, even though it was a box-office hit. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are a pair of dim Valley boys, whose life is made heinous by a school history project. Enter George Carlin as a futuristic dude with a time-traveling phone booth. So Bill and Ted go back in time to round up a gang of historical figures (Socrates, Joan of Arc) to bring back for their presentation. Abe Lincoln at the mall? That's about as witty as it gets, rendering this the kind of comedy that gives teenaged audiences a bad name. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars utterly bodacious !, September 24, 2000

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is brilliant, and has inspired many imitations, but none come close to this unique, goofy comedy that reminds me more of the silent screen gems than of what has passed for funny in recent years.

The pairing of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves was a stroke of genius...they work so well together, and are so convincing as naive airheads that some people, DUH ! actually believe this is what these marvelous actors are like in real life..NOT ! This is great acting, folks. Wonderfully written, the premise is hilarious and all the characters so perfectly cast. I love Al Leong as Genghis Khan. His antics in the mall never fail to make me roar with laughter..."we've got a live one !".

With every viewing, I see more details to amuse me...and it has an endearing, sweet spirit that warms my heart...and always remember: "Be excellent to each other !".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Excellent!!!! - but probably only if you saw it when you were a kid, May 1, 2006

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LN "Covert Oops!" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I lived on this movie when I was in grade school. It changed my life. Keanu Reeves was my first celebrity crush. My friends and I would watch it, laugh, and swoon over Keanu. We even "wrote" a script for the never made 3rd movie we entitled, "Bill and Ted's Triumphant Trip." I'm sure someone heard that somewhere, I don't think we were quite that creative. Anyway, we wanted to be the princesses that Bill and Ted save from being married off! I started wearing Converse.

That said, a few years ago, when I showed it to someone who didn't grow up watching it - they didn't see what the big deal was. They laughed at a few scenes, but nothing to write home about. Great movie if you've seen it before... Eh if you haven't. Oh, and skip the second one. Not worth your time, minus the scene with the game(s) against the Grim Reaper. The premise was a great, but failed/ruined concept. That Reaper scene is still worth a watch, TiVo it and fastforward to that part.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!, January 28, 2002

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Dawn Clarkson (SC. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter play two most excellent dudes from San Dimas who are in desperate need of passing history. Otherwise Ted(Keanu) is being sent to col. Oates military academy in Alaska by his dad. Bogus! With the help of Rufus (played by George Carlin), they have a most excellent adventure through time. Along the way, they pick up NApolean(short, dead dude),Billy the Kid, Socrates, Sigmund Freud, JOan of Arc, Ghengis Kahn, Beethoven, and Abraham Lincoln. Oh, and they also meet two beautiful babes from England. Bill and Ted must not be seperated because it's extremmely urgent that they get their band 'Wyld Stallyns' under way. *air guitar*
A must-see most excellent movie, dudes!