Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. The first installment of the Bill & Ted franchise, it stars Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin. It follows Bill (Winter) and Ted (Reeves), who travel through time to assemble historical figures for their high school history presentation. It received positive reviews and was a modest box office success, grossing $40 million against a $10 million budget. Winter and Reeves reprised their roles in two sequels: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).

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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.

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Even the dirt is clean. Bowling averages are way up. Mini-golf scores are way down. And we have more excellent waterslides... ...than any other planet we communicate with. I'm telling you, this place is great... ...but it almost wasn't. You see, 700 years ago, the two great ones... ...ran into a few problems. So now I have to travel back in time to help them out. If I fail to keep these two on the correct path... ... the basis of our society will be in danger. Don't worry, it'll all make sense. I'm a professional.

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I'm Bill S. Preston, Esquire! And I'm Ted... Hold on. Bill, here, you take it. Okay. - And I'm Ted "Theodore" Logan. - Yeah! And we're Wyld Stallyns!

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- Smell it, dude. - Let's bail.

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We blew it.

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Guess we used too much power.

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I liked it.

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While I agree that, in time, our band will be most triumphant... ...the truth is, Wyld Stallyns will never be a super band... ...until we have Eddie Van Halen on guitar. Yes, but I do not believe we will get Eddie Van Halen... ...until we have a triumphant video. It's pointless to have a triumphant video... ...before we even have decent instruments. How could we have decent instruments if we don't know how to play? That is why we need Eddie Van Halen! And that is why we need a triumphant video. Excellent! - We're late! - For what? - For school, dude! - Yeah.

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Bill, I'm waiting.

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He's dead? What you're telling me, essentially, is that Napoleon... ...was a short dead dude. Yeah. You totally blew it, dude. - Ted, stand up. - Stand up? Yes, son. Stand up. Now... Who was Joan of Arc? Noah's wife.

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Listen, guys, don't forget: Tomorrow, final report... ...1:30 to 3:30, okay?

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Guys.

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Mr. Ryan... Before you say anything, my distinguished colleague, Ted, and I... ...wish to express to you our thanks... ...for all the things we have learned in your class. And what have you learned? We've learned that the world has a great history. Yes. And that thanks to great leaders such as... ...Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc... ...and Socratic Method... ...the world is full of history.

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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar...

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...is a "salad-dressing dude."

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Bill, Ted, this is really quite simple. You have flunked every section of this class.

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Now, unless you get an A plus on your final oral report tomorrow...

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...guys, I have no choice but to flunk the both of you.

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You know your topics.

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So I would suggest you at least cover those areas...

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