Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

"Once... they made history. Now... they are history."

1991 1h 33m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 1,414

AdventureComedyFantasy

Synopsis

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Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.

“Once... they made history. Now... they are history.”

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Cast

Keanu Reeves
Ted
Alex Winter
Bill / Granny Preston
William Sadler
Grim Reaper
Joss Ackland
De Nomolos
Pam Grier
Ms. Wardroe
George Carlin
Rufus
Amy Stoch
Missy
Jim Martin
Sir James Martin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Hewitt
Writers: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Bill & Ted Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Hewitt, shot by Oliver Wood. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Finfer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter and William Sadler carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Once... they made history. Now... they are history.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0101452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter Hewitt directs. Oliver Wood behind the camera. David Newman scores. David Finfer cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Bill & Ted Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Peter Hewitt, shot by Oliver Wood. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by David Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor David Finfer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter and William Sadler carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Once... they made history. Now... they are history.".
8IMDB entry: tt0101452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has multiple community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "dying and death", "future", "afterlife", "time travel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Oliver Wood
Original score: David Newman
Editing: David Finfer
Production design: David L. Snyder
Costume design: Marie France
Makeup / hair: Carol A. O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Glenn R. Wilder
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $38,040,268
Return: 190% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

Part of

Bill & Ted Collection

Three most excellent adventures: ‘Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure’ (1989), ‘Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey’ (1991), and ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ (2020), starring Alex Winter as William "Bill" S. Preston, Esq., and Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan—The Wyld Stallyns!