Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Peter Hewitt

Writers (WGA):

Chris Matheson (characters) &
Ed Solomon (characters) ...

Release Date:

19 July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Hell Hath No Pizza

Plot:

A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.

Plot Keywords:

Bill And Ted | Hell | Robot | Battle Of The Bands | God

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12

10:00 PM

MAX

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 Stock-Poynton	...	Missy
Jim Martin	...	Sir James Martin
Hal Landon Jr.	...	Captain Logan
Annette Azcuy	...	Elizabeth
Sarah Trigger	...	Joanna
Chelcie Ross	...	Colonel Oats
Taj Mahal	...	Gatekeeper
Robert Noble	...	Bach
Hal Landon Sr.	...	Thomas Edison

Also Known As:

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure II (USA) (working title)
Bill and Ted Go to Hell (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-10/7 | Germany:12 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

When Missy and her friends are trying to send Bill and Ted's ghosts to hell, the words they chant spell, "Ed and Chris will rule the world," backwards.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Evil Bill removes his head and throws it at the basketball hoop, the actor's real head is visible.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Chuck De Nomolos: It is time. They have reached the second crucial turning point in their destiny. Their message is about to reach millions. But, we will change all that. When our mission is successful, no longer will the world be dominated by the legacy of these two fools! No longer will we hear this.
[plays air guitar]
Chuck De Nomolos: We will stop them now! Brothers and sisters, are we ready?
[everybody cocks their guns]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Orion's Cloud (2002)

Soundtrack:

THE REAPER RAP

Talk About a Hidden Gem of a Movie!

I can't tell you how many times I saw the first Bill & Ted movie before ever seeing this sequel...because it was a sequel, so I figured it wouldn't be as good. I was wrong. I first saw it on television; my sister watched it with me. I couldn't stop laughing. She kept shaking her head, saying, "it's not funny, it's stupid" - but she kept laughing, too. How can you not laugh at the sight of Death playing Twister? Or, "You ugly, red, source of all evil!!" I loved the first movie, but I think the second, despite being darker, is funnier, more imaginative, and better written. William Sadler as Death was so, so, funny, so dead on (no pun intended), he deserved an Oscar nomination; this film made him one of my favorite character actors. Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves made Bill & Ted into airheads you root for. They're stupid, sure, but man are they good-hearted! So thumbs up from me; a third Bill & Ted movie would probably be too much, but they did go out in fine style. Catch you later, Bill & Ted!