A Conversation With the Filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men'
Hours before their line-up of screenings for Trans Awareness Week began, the filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men' chatted with me about the film's personal exploration of masculinity.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller 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.
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Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller 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.
Rating:PG
Genre:Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed By:Stephen Herek
Written By:Ed Solomon, Chris Matheson
In Theaters:2/17/1989
Box Office:$40,510,984
Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:DEG, Nelson Entertainment, Interscope Communications, Soisson/Murphy Productions
Cast
Stephen Herek
Director
Stephen Herek
Director
Keanu Reeves
Ted 'Theodore' Logan
Alex Winter
Bill S. Preston
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
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