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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
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Writer:
John Hughes (written by)
Release Date:
11 June 1986 (USA)
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Tagline:
While the rest of us were just thinking about it...Ferris borrowed a Ferrari and did it...all in a day. more
Plot:
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
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(125 articles)
Birthday Suits: Good Hair, and Good Music.
(From FilmExperience. 14 November 2009, 7:29 AM, PST)
Lost – The John Hughes Edition?
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(From FilmExperience. 14 November 2009, 7:29 AM, PST)
Lost – The John Hughes Edition?
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Take the "Day Off"...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Matthew Broderick | ... | Ferris Bueller |
 | Alan Ruck | ... | Cameron Frye |
 | Mia Sara | ... | Sloane Peterson |
 | Jeffrey Jones | ... | Ed Rooney |
 | Jennifer Grey | ... | Jeanie Bueller |
 | Cindy Pickett | ... | Katie Bueller |
 | Lyman Ward | ... | Tom Bueller |
 | Edie McClurg | ... | Grace, the Secretary |
 | Charlie Sheen | ... | Boy in Police Station |
 | Ben Stein | ... | Economics Teacher |
| Del Close | ... | English Teacher |
| Virginia Capers | ... | Florence Sparrow |
| Richard Edson | ... | Garage Attendant |
 | Larry Flash Jenkins | ... | Attendant's Co-Pilot |
 | Kristy Swanson | ... | Simone Adamley |
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103 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre |
USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 28070) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Iceland:L |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:15 |
New Zealand:PG |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-8 |
France:U |
Ireland:15 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:7 |
UK:15 |
West Germany:12
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John Hughes wrote the script in six days.
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Goofs:
Continuity: The speedometer shown while Ferris is starting the car in the parking garage is not the same speedometer shown at other times (e.g. when the attendants are flying through the air).
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Economics Teacher:
In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Psych: Poker? I Barely Know Her (#1.14)" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Taking The Day Off
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What song is playing when they are at the museum?What song is playing when they're in/by the pool?
What song is playing when Sloane and Ferris kiss at the end of the film?
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Before all the slapstick, before re-writing "Home Alone" umpteen times and before selling his soul to "Disney Pictures Inc.", John Hughes was believed to be THE scribe for teen angst.
He wrote eloquently of it in "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink". And with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", he creates a person and a time in life that just about anyone who's ever been a teenager can relate to.
Who hasn't known someone like Ferris Bueller (Broderick)? Someone who always has a plan, someone who made loafing off an art form, someone who could fall in a barrel of you-know-what and come out smelling like a rose?
All he wants to do is take a day off from school and enjoy the day in Chicago - simple enough, but he must also try and convince his best friend Cameron (Ruck) and his best girl (Sara) to join him and, in the process, learn to enjoy what life has to offer.
Naturally, there is a tyrannical school dean (Jones) who is determined to catch Ferris in the act of hookey and Ferris' own sister (Grey, pre-nose job) who has it in for her brother, the "trouser-snake".
There are funny situations throughout the movie, and the characters are ones that grow on you, especially Ruck's worry-wart portrayal of Cameron Frye, constantly fretting about his dystalic, cursing his father and nearly drowning in a pool, all in the name of friendship.
Sara has less to do, but she plays the object of desire well, and Ferris' passion for her is understandable. At least he thinks about the right things, like what their lives would be like after high school.
All the way from beginning to end, this movie is a great trip in search of fun, relaxation, not taking life too seriously and how to sing Wayne Newton songs in the middle of a parade.
You want to catch vintage John Hughes and classic '80s teendom at its best? Seize this "Day"!
Ten stars for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".