Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a
comedy/
science fiction film about two teenagers in
San Dimas, California, Bill (played by
Alex Winter[?]) and Ted (played by
Keanu Reeves), who are flunking out of high school. A guru from the future (played by
George Carlin) arrives to help them graduate, because their garage band holds the key to world peace and ultimate truth, and if they don't graduate, the band will never become successful. To graduate, the duo use a time-travelling phone box to go meet historical figures such as
Sigmund Freud and
Napoleon Bonaparte to help them with a presentation they're not prepared for.
The film was released by Orion Films[?], written by Chris Matheson[?] and Ed Solomon[?], and directed by Stephen Herek[?].