Directed by Stephen Herek   Written by Chris Matheson   Ed Solomon   Cast Keanu Reeves ... Ted Theodore Logan Alex Winter ... Bill S. Preston Esquire George Carlin ... Rufus Terry Camilleri ... Napoleon Dan Shor ... Billy the Kid Tony Steedman ... Socrates Rod Loomis ... Freud Al Leong ... Genghis Khan Jane Wiedlin ... Joan of Arc Robert V. Barron ... Abraham Lincoln Clifford David ... Beethoven Hal Landon Jr. ... Captain Logan Bernie Casey ... Mr. Ryan Amy Stoch ... Missy / Mom (as Amy Stock-Poynton) J. Patrick McNamara ... Mr. Preston Frazier Bain ... Deacon Diane Franklin ... Princess Elizabeth Kimberley Kates ... Princess Elizabeth (as Kimberley LaBelle) William Robbins ... Ox Robbins (as Will Robbins) Steve Shepherd ... Randolf Anne Machette ... Buffy Traci Dawn Davis ... Jody Duncan McLeod ... Bartender John Clure ... Tattooed Cowboy Jim Cody Williams ... Bearded Cowboy Dusty O'Dee ... Old West Ugly Dude Heather Pittman ... Kerry Ruth Pittman ... Daphne Richard Alexander ... Bowling Alley Manager (as Dick Alexander) James Bowbitch ... John the Serf John Karlsen ... Evil Duke Jeanne Hermine Herek ... Mother at Waterslides Jonathan Bond ... Waterslide Attendant Jeff S. Goodrich ... Music Store Salesman Lisa Rubin ... Girl at Mall Marjean Holden ... Student Speaker Claudia Templeton ... Aerobic Saleswoman Carol Gossler ... Aerobic Instructor James D. Nelson ... Mall Photographer (as J. Donovan Nelson) Marcia Darroch ... Store Clerk Steven Rotblatt ... Police Psychiatrist Ed Solomon ... Stupid Waiter Chris Matheson ... Ugly Waiter Mark Ogden ... Neanderthal #1 Tom Dugan ... Neanderthal #2 Ron Althoff ... Security Guard (as Ron R. Althoff) Martha Davis ... The Three Most Important People In The World Fee Waybill ... The Three Most Important People In The World Clarence Clemons ... The Three Most Important People In The World Uncredited Cast Phillip V. Caruso ... Dance Photographer S. Scott Conner ... Guy on Escalator Scott C. Gustafson ... Bowler Lee Hollingsworth ... Student Todd Livdahl ... Student Greg Lutz ... Deputy Michael S. Murphey ... Mr. Ward Tricia Porter ... Bowling Scorekeeper Golan Ramraz ... Kid at Waterslides Darrell Redleaf-Fielder ... Mall Goer #1 (Beethoven) Produced by W.K. Border   Robert W. Cort   Stephen Deutsch   Ted Field   Scott Kroopf   Michael S. Murphey   Joel Soisson   Original Music by David Newman

Additional Info Premiere: February 17, 1989 DVD Release: December 04, 2001 Blu-ray Release: November 13, 2012 Country: Distributor: Shout! Factory Websites: Production Companies De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) De Laurentiis Film Partners Interscope Communications Nelson Entertainment (presents) Soisson/Murphey Productions (in association with) Distributors Orion Pictures   (1989) (USA) (theatrical) Orion Home Video   (1989) (USA) (VHS) Fox Network   (1992) (USA) (TV) Viacom   (1992) (USA) (TV) New Line Home Video   (1994) (USA) (VHS) Paramount Domestic Television   (1999) (USA) (TV) (syndication) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Shout! Factory   (2016) (USA) (Blu-ray) Shout! Factory   (2016) (USA) (DVD) Trifecta Entertainment and Media   (2017) (USA) (TV) (syndicated print) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2020) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (reprint for MGM) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating 6.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,300 / 20,907 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Almost Perfect 5 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,296 Deep Blue Sea (1999) #1,297 It (1990) #1,298 The Predator (2018) #1,299 Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) #1,300 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) #1,301 Jeepers Creepers (2001) #1,302 Lights Out (2016) #1,303 Capote (2005) #1,304 Clerks II (2006)