Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

9:15pm - Monday, Aug 21, 2023

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

"The best place to be is here...."

Join us at the Rio Theatre for a totally awesome, prime time screening of BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, a true 80s cult-classic starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, and the late, great, George Carlin.

Bill (Winter) and Ted (Reeves) are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus (Carlin), a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

"Reeves, with his beguilingly blank face and loose-limbed, happy-go-lucky physical vocabulary, and Winter, with his golden curls, gleefully good vibes and 'bodacious' vocabulary, propel this adventure as long as they can." (Variety)

"This is extremely silly, good natured, superficial stuff; a lot depends on whether you take to Bill and Ted's unique lingo (which contorts surfers' expressions) and their gormless behaviour." (Time Out)

"As these high school goofballs travel back in time to score some heavy dudes like Napoleon, Socrates, and Billy the Kid for their history presentation, they wrote themselves into the teen-movie pantheon." (Austin Chronicle)

Monday, August 21
Doors 8:45 pm | Movie 9:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.

BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (Stephen Herek, 1989 / 90 mins) | Bill and Ted are two typical high school besties whose new band (Wyld Stallyns!), is in jeopardy - if Ted fails their upcoming history presentation, his parents are sending him to military school. Enter a mysterious time traveler named Rufus, who has come from a perfect utopiand society in the year 2688 that was founded upon the great wisdom and bitchin' tunes of their band. With the help of a phone booth possessed with some pretty impressive properties, Bill and Ted travel time and pick up a few friends along the way to help them put on the most amazing school project ever.

*Minors OK. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
*Rio Theatre Groupons and Rio Theatre passes are OK for any single film screening only. Please redeem at the box office.
*Online sales end an hour before showtime; unless otherwise noted, tickets are always available for purchase at the box office prior to showtime. Our box office is typically open 30 minutes before showtime. All seating is General Admission; please arrive 20-30 minutes prior to showtime to ensure great seats and time for treats. All Rio Theatre tickets are final sale.
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