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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
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11 June 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
While the rest of us were just thinking about it...Ferris borrowed a Ferrari and did it...all in a day. morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. moreNewsDesk:
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My Favorite Movie Of All Time! more (362 total)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 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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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:12Fun Stuff
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Errors in geography: When Ferris is running down the street near the end of the movie, there is a palm tree in the background. This is because the scene was actually shot in Long Beach, California. moreQuotes:
Sloane: The city looks so peaceful from up here.Ferris: Anything is peaceful from one thousand, three hundred and fifty-three feet.
Cameron: I think I see my dad.
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Taking The Day Off moreFAQ
What song is playing when Ferris is running home at the end of the film?What song is playing when they are driving home and they notice how many miles are on the Ferrari?
What song is playing when Sloane and Ferris kiss at the end of the film?
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I think it is only fitting that I dedicate my first movie review to my favorite movie, Ferris Beuler's Day Off.
This movie got me through High School.. and much of my adult life as well. That is, until Office Space came along, but that is another review.
Ferris Beuller (Matthew Broderick) was the kid in High School who never got caught, had fun doing whatever it was and was popular with everybody. On this particular day in the movie, Ferris decides he is taking the day off. After all, "How can anyone be expected to handle school on a day like this?" Ferris calls his best friend, Cameron Frye (a young Alan Ruck), who is always sick, and tells him to pick him up. After all, Ferris does not have a car. He wants to show Cameron a good time before High School is all over and wants him to have something good to remember about it. Also, Cameron is Ferris's phony caller voice. Whenever Ferris needs a call made, such as from a police officer or another parent, Cameron is the man.
Eventually, Ferris and Cameron gets Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara) excused, by using the dead grandmother excuse. Ferris is always one step ahead of his adversary, Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones). Rooney is portrayed as a hard ass principal who does not let anything get by him. He sets off to catch Beuller in the act and put a permanent mark in his record and hold him back another year, so as not to have other Ferris Beuller wannabes for years after Ferris's departure. Jones was perfect for his role as Rooney and I do not think that role will ever be surpassed for him.
Most of the movie is spent with Rooney looking for Ferris and, as mentioned earlier, is about one or two steps behind him. He comes very close to catching him but never gets the job done. Rooney is the stooge in the movie that every teen and even the adults enjoy seeing him beaten and outsmarted by his young student. I don't think anyone has expected otherwise.
All throughout the movie, it pokes fun at the boring and tedious high school classroom. Ferris will say something like, "If we played by the rules right now, we'd be in gym class" and then it cuts to an exaggerated look at a gym class, which more resembles a boot camp. Ben Stein will forever be remembered here as the extremely boring economics teacher.
There are many more characters to this movie that make it great. There is Grace (Rooney's secretary), Jeanie and the rest of Ferris's family, the parking garage guys, the snooty waiter, Charlie Sheen and others. My friends and I still quote randomly from the movie in our everyday situations. That is how much of an impact this movie has made on many lives.
There are so many great parts and quotes from this movie, they are too numerous to list in a review, nor would I want to ruin it for anybody who has not seen it, although I can not fathom why you haven't. If not, it is a must see.