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Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Movie Review

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Bernie Casey, Terry Camilleri, Dan Shor, Tony Steedman, Al Leong, Rod Loomis, Jane Wiedlin
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Bill and Ted must travel through time to collect famous historical figures in order to pass a history exam and thereby avoid Bill being sent to Alaskan military school. They are given time technology by a futuristic guy who must ensure that the pair stay together, as they eventually form a band which creates music that forms the basis of future society.
William Hamilton, Resident Scholar

Two slacker dudes from Southern California with dreams of rock stardom are doomed to fail high school if they do not complete a report on time. A mysterious stranger from the future informs them that they have a destiny to fulfill and to help them, he gives them a time travelling phone booth, which they use to bring historical figures and babes from the past to their high school. There is much culture clash humor between the dudes in the past and the historical personages finding their way around mid 80's Southern California suburban culture. There is also some incredibly clever use of time travel as a plot device.
Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar


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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 80%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Time Travel: - a lot of past and future travel
Technology/$$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - Info about lifeform(s)/phenomena
Time Travel Story? Yes
Parody movie? Yes
To what time period? - Middle Ages-1899

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present) - 19th century - 18th century - general past - distant future - middle ages
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Misc settings - prison - fort/castle - bar/restaurant
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie - upbeat - funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Any profanity? - None
Kinds of F/X - exotic spaceships - exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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