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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
1986 · Directed by John Hughes · 103 min · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 14 frames
Tagline
Leisure rules.
Plot
Two months before his graduation, high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes illness to stay home from school, regularly breaking the fourth wall to describe his senioritis. While his sister Jeanie sees through the ruse, he fools their parents, Katie and Tom. After learning Ferris has been absent nine times that semester, the school's dean, Edward R. Rooney, and his secretary Grace become determined to expose Ferris's chronic truancy. Ferris hacks into the school's computer system and reduces his absence count to two, making it appear that he attends school regularly.
To excuse Ferris's girlfriend Sloane Peterson from school, he persuades his hypochondriac best friend Cameron Frye to impersonate Sloane's father and call the school with claims that her grandmother died. Knowing Sloane is dating Ferris, Rooney feels suspicious and responds dismissively. Ferris simultaneously calls the school to confirm his absence, fooling Rooney into believing he offended Sloane's father. When picking up Sloane, Ferris disguises himself as her father and borrows the prized possession of Cameron's father, a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder. However, Rooney becomes suspicious upon seeing Sloane kiss Ferris. Fearing his father's wrath, Cameron becomes paranoid when Ferris takes the car on a day trip into Chicago, even with assurances of preserving its condition and original odometer mileage.
Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane leave the car with two parking attendants, who promptly take it on a long joyride. The three visit the Sears Tower observatory, eat lunch at an upscale restaurant, visit the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Art Institute of Chicago, go to a Chicago Cubs baseball game, and attend the Von Steuben Day Parade, where Ferris jumps on a float and lip syncs to "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton and "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles. They manage to hide from his father, who works in the city.
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Crew
- Written by: John Hughes
- Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
- Edited by: Paul Hirsch
- Music: Ira Newborn
- Production design: John W. Corso
- Produced by: Tom Jacobson, John Hughes
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller
- Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye
- Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson
- Jeffrey Jones as Ed Rooney
- Jennifer Grey as Jeanie Bueller
- Cindy Pickett as Katie Bueller
- Lyman Ward as Tom Bueller
- Edie McClurg as Grace, School Secretary
- Charlie Sheen as Boy in Police Station
- Ben Stein as Economics Teacher
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
- Budget: $6,000,000
- Box office: $70,100,000
- Themes: chicago, illinois, high school, independence, coming of age, caper, breaking the fourth wall, teen movie, fantasy sequence, car theft, skipping school
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