Question: who wrote bill and ted's excellent adventure
Answer: Murphey Joel Soisson Written by Chris Matheson Ed Solomon Starring Keanu Reeves Alex Winter George Carlin Music by David Newman Cinematography Timothy Suhrstedt Edited by Larry Bock Patrick Rand Production companies Interscope Communications Nelson Entertainment Distributed by Orion Pictures International : De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Release date February 17 , 1989 ( 1989 - 02 - 17 ) Running time 89 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $10 million Box office $40.