85-470: Alexander Winter is a British and American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, he is best known for playing Bill S. Preston Esq. in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). He is also known for his role as Marko in the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys , for co-writing, co-directing, and starring in
170-479: A military school in Alaska , ending Bill and Ted's fledgling band, Wyld Stallyns , and altering history. Rufus finds the two teens at a Circle K convenience store, struggling to finish their history report, in which they must describe how historical figures would view the present San Dimas. Rufus offers help before another phone-booth time machine arrives and future versions of Bill and Ted step out. After assuring
255-449: A DNAlien, Kevin, Vilgax, Rath, Armodrillo, Ultimate Humongousaur, Ultimate Echo Echo, and Ultimate Big Chill appear as playable characters. To promote the Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United special, Cartoon Network updated Titanic Kungfubot Offensive , adding new bots, such as "Shocksquatch" and "Clockwork"; both of which are aliens accessible to Ben. The character design for Ben Tennyson
340-481: A bald-headed man in a sheet whom they persist in calling 'Soh-kraytz'?" (Holland inaccurately names Socrates as the first historical figure Bill and Ted encounter, when it is actually Billy the Kid.) Holland continued: Even to metalheads, then, the philosophy of ancient Greece serves as something that is both primal and emblematic of civilisation as a whole. Socrates, in particular, the 'lover of wisdom' who insisted that
425-405: A baseball cap backwards and pulling part of his hair through that opening. Winter described the casting of George Carlin as Rufus as a "very happy accident". The role of Rufus had not been established when filming started. Herek stated that their intention was to have Eddie Van Halen as Rufus, given the frequency of Van Halen references in the screenplay, but this was not possible because of
510-866: A boss. The young version of Ben appears in the console version of the game as a playable character. The main characters include Ben Tennyson and his cousin Gwen Tennyson , Grandpa Max Tennyson , Kevin Levin and Rook Blonko, along with the villains Vilgax , Aggregor, Doctor Animo , Eon, Hex and Khyber. Following the success of the Ben 10 animated TV series and films, various Ben 10 merchandise has been released for general sale. These items include comic books , board games, card games (such as Top Trumps ), toys , video games, Lego construction sets, bedding, coloring books , footwear, and watches (the Omnitrix and
595-427: A brief stop in prehistoric times to repair the booth, they program it to return to the present but end up outside Circle K the night before, where Rufus first introduced himself. They convince their earlier selves of Rufus's trustworthiness before he explains how to get to the next day; he further warns them that they have two hours left before their history report is due. When they arrive at the current time, they leave
680-536: A child. He has an older brother named Stephen. His father has English ancestry and his mother is Jewish, of Ukrainian Jewish descent. When Winter was five, his family moved to Missouri , where his father ran the Mid-American Dance Company (later, Modern American Dance Company), while his mother taught dance at Washington University in St. Louis . The two divorced in 1973. In 1978, Winter moved to
765-654: A common interest in bass guitar and motorcycles . They quickly developed a rapport between each other during auditions, which earned them the title roles. A longstanding urban legend has it that Reeves auditioned for Bill and Winter for Ted. According to Winter, the story emerged because the characters are so similar, and even he and Reeves sometimes became confused about who was who. Through rehearsals, Winter and Reeves worked on developing their Bill & Ted characters to move them away from being stereotypical comedic slackers and insert sincerity and other more human elements into them. While they developed mannerisms outside of
850-512: A draft was complete. Winter said in March 2012 that he and Reeves both liked the finished script, which revisits the two characters after the changes of the past 20 years. The script did not feature the return of the Grim Reaper from Bogus Journey; but when actor William Sadler expressed interest, the writers considered ways to include the character. In August 2012, Dean Parisot (director of
935-429: A high-school project, it is chiefly remembered for bringing Keanu Reeves to the attention of a mass audience. Classicists, however, will always cherish it as the only film ever to combine the music of Van Halen with Greek philosophy. When Bill and Ted embark on their quest, what should be their first destination if not classical Athens, and who should be the very first 'historical dude' bundled into their time machine if not
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#17327981970731020-401: A line of toys produced initially by Bandai for the franchise's first four series and later by Playmates Toys for the reboot. The Ben 10 franchise is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time . On February 17, 2021, Cartoon Network announced three 44-minute specials slated for April 2021, titled Ben 10,010 , Ben Gen 10 , and Alien X-Tinction . These specials serve as both
1105-535: A non-famous medieval person called John the Serf (who is nonetheless listed in the credits). Herek screened between 200 and 300 actors for the main roles, asking actors to try for both parts during auditions. Pauly Shore and Gary Riley were among the hundreds of actors considered for the role of Ted, while Matt Adler , River Phoenix , Donovan Leitch , Gary Riley, Sean Penn and then-upcoming actor Brendan Fraser reportedly auditioned for Bill. Keanu Reeves
1190-837: A number of 16 mm short films. As an actor, Winter spent many years on Broadway with supporting roles in productions of The King and I , Peter Pan , and the American premiere of Simon Gray 's Close of Play at the Manhattan Theatre Club . Winter dropped out of NYU film school before his senior year, and he and Tom Stern moved out to Hollywood, where the two wrote and directed a number of short films and music videos. Winter continued to find work as an actor, landing notable roles in such big productions as The Lost Boys and Rosalie Goes Shopping . In 1989, Winter found international success when he co-starred with Keanu Reeves , playing William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. in
1275-591: A playable character for the first time. Gwen and the Vreedle Brothers are "summons" in the game. Additionally, Bellwood and the Null Void are included as battle arenas. Kevin also appears as a "summon" in the game, but is featured as a playable character on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii versions called Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL . Kevin in Ultimate Kevin form appears in the game as
1360-401: A scene involving a prom, and a running gag involving the pudding cups and the "John the Serf" character that remained in the film's credits. While they had tried to find the film reels with this cut footage, Winter said that with the fate of DEG following the film, it is likely lost. The picture had been planned for a 1988 release, and filming and production had completed on schedule. However,
1445-432: A test audience of volunteers pulled from local malls, which led to a small bidding war from production companies to get the title. Some of the former DEG executives ended up at Nelson Entertainment , and along with Orion Pictures , were able to secure new distribution rights for the film by 1988 for about US$ 1 million . Excellent Adventure was released on VHS on August 31, 1989, and on DVD on December 4, 2001. It
1530-632: A video featuring Winter and Reeves was posted online which announced that the franchise's third film would be released in the summer of 2020. After a delay due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic , it was released on August 28, 2020. Two spin-off television series were produced, both titled Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures . Ben 10 Ben 10 is an American media franchise conceived by Man of Action and owned by The Cartoon Network, Inc. The franchise, mainly consisting of animated series produced by Cartoon Network Studios , revolves around
1615-469: A waterslide to Billy the Kid and Socrates (a.k.a. "So-crayts", of course) picking up chicks in a California mall to George Carlin acting in a film alongside Keanu Reeves and a member of the Go-Go's – none would have seemed more unlikely on its release than the idea that one day, with much media fanfare, the public would be celebrating the film's 25th anniversary. By the time Bill & Ted was released in 1989,
1700-460: A word of ancient Greek. Even the miracle of time travel, it appears, cannot serve to alter what is, for any historian, a most awkward fact: that it is impossible to be certain of what Socrates actually said. " Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is many things: a time-traveling buddy comedy, an early Keanu Reeves vehicle, and—according to at least one expert—the standard for Regency period costuming on film. Fashion historian Hilary Davidson created
1785-697: A young boy named Ben Tennyson , who discovers the Omnitrix — a high-tech, extraterrestrial device shaped like a wristwatch. This remarkable gadget contains the DNA of various alien species, allowing Ben to transform into them at will. Initially, the Omnitrix features ten alien transformations, but over time, Ben gains the ability to unlock additional species. The franchise has garnered considerable critical acclaim, securing three Emmy Awards . It encompasses five primary television series, five feature films, and numerous video games. It ranks as Cartoon Network 's second longest existing franchise. Furthermore, Ben 10 has inspired
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#17327981970731870-404: Is a flawless, purpose-built junk movie". The successes of the film and the animated series spawned a short-lived breakfast cereal called Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal . A phone booth used in the sequel was given away in a contest presented by Nintendo Power magazine, to promote Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure . It was won by Kenneth Grayson of Mississippi. In 2010,
1955-599: Is an alien (Goop, Jetray, Alien X, Chromastone) with features linked with their powers. Developed by Jason Hall , Min G. Kuand and Heroic Age , the Ben 10 comic revolves around Ben's summer vacation with Gwen and their Grandpa Max, travelling in the Rust Bucket. The Ben 10: Alien Force comic revolves around Ben, with Gwen and a reformed Kevin, battling the Highbreed and the DNAliens. Cartoon Network Action Pack
2040-748: Is now the AMF Tempe Village Lanes on Rural Road at SR 360 (now signed as US 60 ), three miles south of Arizona State University . The mall was Phoenix Metrocenter , between Peoria and Dunlap Avenues at Interstate 17 . It closed on June 30, 2020. The Circle K store is at the intersection of Southern and Hardy in Tempe. An empty office building in Scottsdale served as the police station. Additional filming took place at selected locations in Italy, including Odescalchi castle standing in as
2125-476: Is produced by Mandy Morris and executive produced by Daniel Marlowe. Ben 10 is featured as a crossover character in Brawlhalla , a 2D platform fighting game . He appears as his alien forms Heatblast, Diamondhead, and Four Arms in the form of the crossover "skins" for certain playable characters . The game features famous and notable Cartoon Network characters in robot-type form. Big Chill, Swampfire,
2210-510: Is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Writing in British Sunday newspaper The Observer , Tom Holland noted, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure does not tend to be rated as one of cinema's profounder treatments of the relationship between present and past. The story of two Californian slackers with a time machine who, for complicated reasons, have to assemble assorted celebrities from history in order to pass
2295-795: Is the way the two teen-age heroes communicate in superlatives. We are about to fail most egregiously, says Ted to Bill, or maybe it's Bill to Ted. They are also fond of odd words, such as bodacious." In the Los Angeles Times , Chris Willman was also unimpressed, concluding: "Make no mistake, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [...] is not a satire of mindlessness; it's unabashed glorification of dumbness for dumbness' sake. Bill and Ted are heroic in their ability to reduce some of history's great minds to their level. However, writing for Radio Times , Alan Jones decided: "A nonstop giggle from start to finish, this beguiling grab-bag of time-travel clichés, hard-rock music and Valley-speaking cool dudes
2380-529: 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
2465-555: The Panama Papers , and Trust Machine: The Story Of Blockchain , which premiered in Los Angeles on November 16, 2018. In July 2015, Winter began work on a biographical documentary of the rock guitarist and composer Frank Zappa . The Zappa Family Trust publicly gave its approval to Winter's plans for the film. Released on November 27, 2020, Zappa was not only the first documentary with access to his archives, but this project
2550-642: The live-action adaptation of the hit Cartoon Network series Ben 10 , which aired in November 2007 and garnered the highest ratings in Cartoon Network history. He directed its sequel, Ben 10: Alien Swarm , which aired on Cartoon Network in November 2009 and captured over 16 million viewers in its premiere weekend. As of 2008, he was attached to write the screenplay for the Howard Stern -produced remake of Rock 'n' Roll High School . In 2010, he
2635-467: The #1 documentary on iTunes. In 2013, he had a role in the thriller Grand Piano , starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack , playing The Assistant. In 2016, Winter released a short documentary entitled Relatively Free about journalist Barrett Brown 's release from prison. This was followed in 2017 by another short documentary, Trump's Lobby about President elect Donald Trump . In 2018, Winter released two documentaries, The Panama Papers , about
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2720-580: The 1993 film Freaked , and for directing documentaries in the 2010s. Winter was born in London, England. His mother, Gregg Mayer, is a New York-born dancer who trained with Martha Graham , and founded a modern-dance company in London in the mid-1960s. His father, Ross Albert Winter, is an Australian who danced with Winter's mother's troupe and co-founded the Mid American Dance Company in St. Louis. Winter received training in dance as
2805-567: The 2016 reboot. Six construction sets were produced by Lego , depicting Spidermonkey, Humungousaur, Swampfire, Chromastone, Jet Ray, and Big Chill. The series received three McDonald's Happy Meal promotions internationally, as well as one in America in August 2011. The toys are colored translucent figures of some Omnitrix/Ultimatrix aliens and their Ultimate forms, with a small photo of Ben inside. The Alien Force toys are four rings, each one
2890-622: The 80s teen film explosion was starting to taper out. [...] Moreover, there had already been plenty of films about time-travelling teens by the time Bill & Ted rocked up in cinemas, such as Peggy Sue Got Married and Back to the Future . Few who were around then would have bet that a goofy movie about a pair of California metalheads skipping back through time in a phonebox collecting historical characters to bring back to 20th-century California for their history report would still be remembered today. But I am very much among those few". The film
2975-571: The Bill & Ted test after noticing that a scene in which the two slackers kidnap Ludwig van Beethoven features surprisingly well-executed costumes for the era." Davidson described being impressed at the authenticity of the costuming of the scenes set in Beethoven's time, after seeing the movie. Since even the background characters in those scenes were wearing quite authentic costumes, it seemed to her like an accessible and accurate measuring stick for
3060-600: The Circuits of Time along with them. Rufus explains that time will progress normally for Bill and Ted and that they cannot miss their class presentation the next day; he then departs, leaving the empty time booth for them. As they discuss where to go next, they discover Napoleon stuck in a nearby tree, inspiring them to abduct historical figures and take them to the present for their school presentation. They leave Napoleon with Ted's younger brother, Deacon, and ask him to take Napoleon out of town before they go. They befriend Billy
3145-515: The Evil Duke's castle. The film also employs computer-generated imagery for the scenes where Bill & Ted are traveling through the 'Circuits of Time', created by the VFX house Perpetual Motion Pictures in Tempe. Winter called the experience of filming these booths difficult because in order to come up with the desired effects, the filming required multiple people to stand inside the booth, which
3230-600: The Internet and privacy inspired him to make the 2012 documentary film Downloaded , about internet file sharing and Napster, and the 2015 film Deep Web , about the Silk Road , bitcoin , and the dark web . Winter was married to Sonya Dawson, with whom he had a son, born in 1998. The couple later divorced. In 2010, he married Ramsey Ann Naito . They have two children. Winter maintains dual British and American citizenship. On February 2, 2018, Winter revealed that he
3315-709: The Kid in the Wild West and Socrates in Ancient Greece before stopping in 15th-century England, where they fall in love with princesses Joanna and Elizabeth. Their father, the king, tries to have them executed, but Billy and Socrates help them escape. The booth, slightly damaged by an attacking knight in the process, takes them to 2688, where they discover that society reveres them and their future band. They are inspired to complete their report with "extra credit" by abducting Sigmund Freud , Ludwig van Beethoven , Joan of Arc , Genghis Khan and Abraham Lincoln . After
3400-698: The Music (2020). In 2688, humanity exists as a utopian society due to the inspiration of the music and philosophy of the Two Great Ones: William "Bill" S. Preston, Esq., and Ted "Theodore" Logan. One of the citizens, Rufus, is tasked by the leaders to travel back to San Dimas, California in 1988 using a phone booth -shaped time machine to ensure that the young Bill and Ted, two dim-witted high school students, successfully pass history class. If they fail, they won't graduate high school, and Ted's father, police Captain Logan, plans to ship Ted to
3485-757: The New York City area, where he and his mother lived in Montclair, New Jersey . During this time Winter began performing as an actor on and off Broadway, commuting into New York City. He reports his experience in New Jersey as being positive. In 1983, after graduating from Montclair High School , Winter was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University . While at NYU, he met fellow aspiring filmmaker Tom Stern . The two collaborated on
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3570-476: The Perplexhedron are featured as battle arenas. Ultimate Kevin and Alien X are currently the new exosuits for Project Exonaut representing Ben 10 . The new exosuits feature Gold versions of Manus, Marceline, Mojo Jojo, and Rath. Ben appears in the game as a playable character. Swampfire, Humongousaur, Big Chill, and AmpFibian appear as Ben's playable aliens. Vilgax, the archenemy of Ben Tennyson appears as
3655-580: The Ultimatrix). All four shows have been released on DVD. The game franchise has many different formats. The video games franchise started in 2006 with the release of Ben 10 for the HyperScan , while the franchise's first official video game Protector of Earth came out in 2007. Twelve games have been released: Bandai Namco Games (EU/AUS) Bandai manufactured Ben 10 toys from the first four series, while Playmates Toys has produced toys for
3740-663: The auditorium were filmed inside the East High School auditorium, which was in Phoenix on 48th Street just north of Van Buren. East High School was demolished in 2002 as part of a redevelopment project. The production also shot a sequence on the Western Street on the back lot of Southwestern Studio in Carefree, Arizona , as well as the scenes set in the future. The scenes at the "Waterloops" water park (a play on
3825-534: The battle at Waterloo) are a combination of establishing shots at Raging Waters in San Dimas and shots with the actors at Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa, Arizona . Because of the limited budget, they could not close down the waterparks for filming, and thus, all those in the background of these shots were paying customers to the waterparks on those days. The bowling alley was a Fair Lanes-branded alley at that time but
3910-402: The characters of Bill and Ted were originally seen as "14-year-old skinny guys, with low-rider bell-bottoms and heavy metal T-shirts" who were despised by the popular kids at school. Casting Reeves and Winter changed the filmmakers' images of the characters because "...once you cast Alex and Keanu, who look like pretty cool guys, that was hard to believe". Originally as a spec script , the film
3995-682: The city of San Dimas celebrated 50 years of incorporation. The celebration's slogan was San Dimas, 1960–2010 – An Excellent Adventure . Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure was selected as number 8 in Rolling Stone 's '10 Best Stoner Movies of All Time' in 2013. Writing in The Guardian on the occasion of the film's 25th anniversary, Hadley Freeman found: "Of all the delightfully improbable scenarios depicted in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure – from Napoleon Bonaparte causing havoc on
4080-518: The film holds a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Washington Post gave the film a negative review, finding the script written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon as "made only the sketchiest attempts to draw their historical characters. They exist as foils and nothing else, and the gags that are hung on them are far from first-rate", and that if director "Stephen Herek, has any talent for comedy, it's not visible here. More than anything,
4165-537: The film was never widely released, despite positive reviews from The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly , Winter did not return to directing until 1999, when he filmed Fever . The film was shown at film festivals worldwide, including Official Selection in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes . New York Daily News praised the film, calling it "a claustrophobic mind bender. Winter sustains an aura of creepiness worthy of Roman Polanski ." Winter directed
4250-628: The film's ice cream scene as the "stupid" and "ugly" waiters, respectively. When Rufus plays his guitar solo, the hands in the close-up are those of Stevie Salas , who composed the film's guitar music. The film was shot on a US$ 8.5 million budget over a period of 10 weeks, including two weeks in Italy. As Herek was going after the same comedic approach to history as in Monty Python and the Holy Grail , they brought in its production designer, Roy Forge Smith , for this film. Principal filming
4335-539: The film's production nearly complete, were able to get him to complete filming. The Three Most Important People in the utopian society were envisioned to be portrayed by the band members of ZZ Top . However, Solomon had connections to the E Street Band , The Tubes and The Motels , and were able to get Clarence Clemons , Fee Waybill , and Martha Davis , respectively, for the Most Important People. The film's writers, Solomon and Matheson, appear in
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#17327981970734420-540: The filmed version of the scene on an old hard drive and shared them on the Internet with some additional details on its production. Winter believed that Kenny Ortega had been involved in establishing the choreography based on the time period and his recollection. Winter said neither he nor Reeves could dance prior to shooting this scene, so the scene was rehearsed for roughly an hour a day across several weeks concurrent to other parts of filming. Winter identified other scenes that he recalled filming that had been cut, including
4505-400: The following order: "Breakaway", "Dancing with a Gypsy", "Father Time", "Dangerous", "In Time", "Two Heads Are Better Than One", "The Boys and Girls Are Doing It", "Play with Me", "Walk Away", "Not So Far Away" and "Two Heads" (reprised over the credits). The following songs appeared in the film but were not included in the soundtrack: A theatrical sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey ,
4590-470: The four of them will change the world with their music. He asks to jam with them, but on hearing their fledgling attempts to play, he turns to the movie audience and assures them, "They do get better." The screenplay was written by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson in early 1987, based on a comedy stand-up routine they had performed in college. Director Stephen Herek called the screenplay "incredibly laugh-out-loud", but recognized that because of some of
4675-675: The franchise. Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge is a game show developed for television by United Kingdom -based company Twenty Twenty , which airs on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom, Spain , France , Italy , Netherlands , Bulgaria , the Nordic region , Hungary , Poland , Germany , Russia , Turkey , Chile , United States and the Middle East . Ultimate Challenge is a trivia show that tasks children with answering questions about all three series. Ultimate Challenge
4760-420: The historical figures at the mall to learn about San Dimas culture while seeking Napoleon. After learning that Deacon has abandoned Napoleon at a bowling alley, Bill and Ted find him having fun at Waterloo, a local water park. The historical figures are intrigued by San Dimas culture, but they get into trouble for various reasons and are arrested by Captain Logan. Bill and Ted execute an escape plan based on using
4845-530: The humour targeted a specific audience, the film was "either going to be a huge hit or a huge flop". He has said that shopping the film for distributors was difficult; Warner Bros. wanted to produce it within a US$ 10 million budget, but could not figure out how to fund it. The film was eventually picked up by Dino De Laurentiis through the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG). In a 1991 interview, co-writer Ed Solomon said
4930-402: The idea of large numbers of anonymous users discussing a variety of topics in an anonymous space. "I found that really striking then. And it seemed liked the beginning of something." He has criticized media companies and news outlets for exaggerating how many people used Napster for digital piracy . "Napster was a huge threat to the power structure," Winter said. Winter's interest in technology,
5015-504: The larger auditorium presentation as to give a better sense of scale, with a sound and light show to make a more dramatic setting. The initial cut of the film was 2 hours and 25 minutes long, and was pruned significantly. One such filmed scene was a lengthy choreographed song number that would have led off the film, starting with Bill and Ted dancing via air-guitaring on their way to school and ended up getting bullied by jocks once they arrived. In February 2020, Winter found some stills from
5100-423: The low budget for the film. They started looking at other actors who would fit the rock motif, making a short list that had included Ringo Starr , Roger Daltrey , Sean Connery , and Charlie Sheen . They soon recognized that no one on this list was a comedian, except for perhaps Starr. Producers Scott Kroopf and Bob Cort had just finished filming Outrageous Fortune , which co-starred George Carlin , and, with
5185-561: The most fundamental presumptions of his countrymen should be subjected to experimental investigation, and who ended up being made to drink hemlock for his pains, has always been admired as the very fountainhead of rationalism. Yet when it comes to identifying what he taught and believed, there is a problem, on which Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , rather unexpectedly, puts its finger. Socrates, transplanted to 1980s California, can only communicate with his abductors by gesturing and gurning – since Bill and Ted, it goes without saying, speak not
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#17327981970735270-418: The original film distributor, DEG, fell into significant debt in late 1987, and by 1988 had filed for bankruptcy. At this point, the film was in post-production, and Herek attempted to show around the rough cut to other distributors. Herek said many of these companies were confused, asking him "Are there kids that really speak like this?" on seeing the film. However, the cut had an extremely popular reaction from
5355-443: The picture looks paltry and undernourished." Variety wrote about each historical figure that Bill & Ted meet, stating that "Each encounter is so brief and utterly cliched that history has little chance to contribute anything to this pic's two dimensions." Vincent Canby of The New York Times referred to the film as a "painfully inept comedy" and that the "one dimly interesting thing about Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
5440-423: The plot as, "Basically, they're supposed to write a song to save the world and they haven't done that." In January, 2024, Alex hinted about a possibility of a 4th film "Bill & Ted 4". Destroy All Neighbors is another film from 2024 of gonzo horror genre. Winter began devoting a lot of his attention to the internet not just because he liked technology, but also because "I found this community there." Winter liked
5525-415: The present-day Bill and Ted that Rufus's claims are valid and that they can trust him, they disappear in the time booth. Rufus shows Bill and Ted how to operate the time booth, taking them back to 1805, where they find Napoleon Bonaparte leading his forces against Austria . As Rufus, Bill, and Ted return to the present, Napoleon gets thrown by a cannonball explosion into their wake and gets dragged through
5610-406: The quality of period authentic costumes in movies. According to Davidson, "If a production's main costumes are less well done than those of the extras in a minor part of a 1980s teen comedy movie, we have a problem." The film's soundtrack was released in 1989. The tracks are as follows: These tracks are ordered for the album differently than they are in the movie. In the movie, the songs appear in
5695-532: The reboot continuity of Ben 10 (2016–2021), with its 2021 April specials serving as both the series finale for the 2016 reboot and a crossover event connecting both continuities. As of 2024, there are a total of 393 episodes. As of 2020, there have been three animated films – Secret of the Omnitrix (2007), Destroy All Aliens (2012), Versus the Universe (2020) and two live-action films – Race Against Time (2007), Alien Swarm (2009) released in
5780-476: The sci-fi/comedy film Galaxy Quest ) signed on to direct, although MGM, which held the rights to the Bill & Ted franchise, did not officially green-light the film until several years later. In an April 2014 article on the original film's 25th anniversary, Alex Winter reported that work on moving the third film forward was still in progress. Bill & Ted Face the Music was officially announced to be in pre-production on May 8, 2018. On March 20, 2019,
5865-420: The script, influenced partially by British comedians like Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan , the pair kept to the dialog written by Solomon and Mathseon, with Winter calling it "very floral, so paradoxical to how you think dumb Valley guys would speak". Winter said that to develop Bill's character, he borrowed from the looks and trends along Venice Beach , California, where he had been living, including wearing
5950-412: The series finale for the 2016 reboot and a crossover event involving the first four television series in the franchise. As of 2024, the five concluded series are split into two continuities: the classic continuity , including the original series and its sequels – Ben 10 (2005–2008), Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010), Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012), and Ben 10: Omniverse (2012–2014), and
6035-510: The smash-hit comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , a role he reprised in its 1991 sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey . Following the success of Bill & Ted , Winter and creative collaborators Tom Stern and Tim Burns were hired to develop a sketch comedy show for MTV. The result, 1991's The Idiot Box , was canceled after six episodes. Winter, Stern and Burns accepted a $ 12 million deal from 20th Century Fox to film their own feature film, which became 1993's Freaked . While
6120-452: The time booth in the future to set up what they need in the present. They break their historical friends out of jail, then present each to the assembled school using stage lighting effects and rousing music. Their "report" earns a standing ovation , and they pass the course. Sometime later, Rufus returns, accompanied by the two princesses he has rescued from pre-arranged marriages . He says that they will also be part of Wyld Stallyns and that
6205-413: Was a 2006–2012 comic book series made by DC Comics which showcased Ben 10 alongside Samurai Jack , Codename: Kids Next Door , The Secret Saturdays , or Generator Rex . Some of the issues were connected with the franchise, while others are non-canon . In February 2013, IDW Publishing announced a partnership with Cartoon Network to produce comics based on Cartoon Network properties. Ben 10
6290-571: Was attached to direct a 3D-remake of the 1987 horror film The Gate , which was scheduled for release in 2011. Winter's 2012 VH1 rock doc Downloaded earned worldwide critical acclaim at theatrical and festival screenings. Winter's multiple award-winning 2015 documentary Deep Web had its world premiere at SXSW and a broadcast premiere in the U.S. on the Epix network alongside a global festival tour. The film went wide in September 2015, opening as
6375-572: Was called Bill & Ted's Time Van . The core plot was similar, with Bill and Ted on the verge of failing their history class, ruining their plans to form a band. However, it deviated from the film version when they borrowed a van from their 28-year-old friend Rufus. While driving the van, they end up in Nazi Germany ; and after some hijinks, bring Adolf Hitler back to present-day San Dimas before continuing to collect other historical figures. Solomon said this approach became problematic, and Hitler
6460-487: Was changed when the original Ben 10 series ended and was replaced by Alien Force . In the game, he serves as a "Player Guide" offering guide-based missions and special items. In another browser-based game entitled Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut , Ben's aliens, alongside Gwen and Vilgax, appear as "exosuits". The exosuits' purpose is protecting the player and giving them unique abilities and powers. The planet Kylmyys (the home of one of Ben's aliens, Big Chill) and
6545-729: Was considered too similar to the DeLorean used in the Back to the Future trilogy . It was later replaced with a phone booth—which, contrary to common belief, was not intended as a reference to the TARDIS from the British sci-fi show Doctor Who . (Matheson said, "All of us were so clueless and knew nothing about Doctor Who .") In earlier drafts of the script, other historical figures Bill and Ted plucked from history included Charlemagne (whom they referred to as "Charlie Mangay"), Babe Ruth , and
6630-485: Was molested by an older man at age 13 while acting on Broadway. Winter refused to name his abuser, but revealed he is coping with PTSD since the incident, saying "I had extreme PTSD for many, many years, and that will wreak havoc on you." Bill %26 Ted%27s 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
6715-427: Was on a gimbal in front of a green screen . Numerous equipment and prop failures ensued, and Reeves has called it "a death ride canoe from the worst carny ride you've ever been on". Initially, the film had ended with Bill and Ted giving their report within a small classroom, passing their class, and then going to the prom with the rescued princesses. The production team recognized this felt underwhelming, and created
6800-437: Was one of the first to audition, and Herek quickly identified him as their Ted, making much of the rest of casting to find a match against Reeves. Alongside Reeves, 24 actors were called back and auditioned in various pairs to find a good chemistry. On that day, Reeves was one of the first to arrive along with Alex Winter , and while waiting for the auditions to start, found out they had a lot of personal details in common, such as
6885-473: Was released in 1991. A third theatrical film in the Bill & Ted franchise was planned, and a screenplay was written, but never got past the pre-production phase. Although rumors claimed that the script was adapted into the 1996 film Bio-Dome , Alex Winter has said that it was not. In 2010, Reeves indicated that Matheson and Solomon were working on a script for a third film, confirming in April 2011 that
6970-493: Was released on Blu-ray on November 13, 2012. Bill & Ted had its theatrical release on February 17, 1989 and grossed $ 40.4 million domestically on a budget of about $ 10 million. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 6.80/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are just charming, goofy, and silly enough to make this fluffy time-travel Adventure work". On Metacritic ,
7055-484: Was shot in 1987 in the Phoenix, Arizona and Tempe, Arizona metropolitan areas. Many scenes were filmed in and around Scottsdale's Coronado High School . Coronado's auditorium was torn down during 2005-07 renovations, but its unique roof and intricate exterior mosaic, seen in an opening scene when Bill and Ted leave school in a red Mustang, was saved and moved, piece by piece, to the new auditorium. The interior shots of
7140-477: Was switched out with Napoleon in their final script. Other ideas in the spec script that were dropped included more involvement of Bill and Ted's classmates, including having them time-travel with them; visiting Julius Caesar in the Roman Empire and ending up causing his death; and helping a prehistoric caveman invent fire so that they could light up a joint. The van, a 1969 Chevrolet , was abandoned as it
7225-404: Was the highest funded documentary in crowdfunding history, via Kickstarter . In April 2011, Winter's Bill & Ted co-star Keanu Reeves confirmed that a third installment of the film series was under way; the film was in development for most of the 2010s. Winter returned as Bill Preston in the film, Bill & Ted Face the Music , which was released on August 28, 2020; with Reeves describing
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