They meet Socrates, Billy the Kid, Joan of Arc or rather So-Crates, Mr.
The Kid, and Ms. of Arc.
Teen comedy scripts, they never had any kind of depth to the language, recalls Winter.
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This one seemed to be such an assault on that, says Reeves.
How do you not laugh at Beeth-Oven and Noahs wife?
InExcellent Adventure, the history presentation is a great success.
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But in its original conception, theAdventurewas decidedlynon-non-heinous.
Like, they caused the Civil War.
They caused World War I.
They caused the Titanic to sink.
Solomon actually still has the original notes from their brainstorming sessions.
On top of the first page is the original title for the film:Bill & Teds Time Van.
This tells you how ostracized we felt by the popular kids, jokes Matheson.
They all get their own spotlight, says Reeves.
Theyre in their element doing their thing, imparting their knowledge.
But the ending was initially much different.
Recalls Winter, We just bring the historical figures back to our classroom.
And Keanu just sat on the desk, and watched them kind of talk about who they were.
Then wed go to the prom, and thats the end.
Even while we were shooting it, we were kind of depressed.
The ending was reshot into its current form establishing an unusual trend for theBill & Tedfranchise.
In the original conception, Matheson notes, those horrific entities would have returned in the climax.
In Act III, those fears came back, and were terrorizing them, the writer explains.
The Easter Bunny clawing through the van, trying to get in.
Moses was going to part a bunch of cars and things like that, Matheson says.
On a screenplay, when you cut scenes, you get new drafts.
And the scene that are gone just say omit, right?
It was super late, and we were super punch drunk, says Solomon.
We deleted this whole sequence, but it began with InteriorPolice Station.
But I guess I didnt get everything out of the computer, so it just said Station.'
It was, like, three in the morning, says Matheson.
Weve been working hard.
We just, for an hour, all wed say is the word station.
We vowed to notnothave it in.
Were gonna have a Martian named Station.
And by God, we did, laughs Matheson.
Now, was that a wise decision?
