A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Scott Coffey
- Adamsas Adams
- (as T. Scott Coffee)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
High school student Ferris Bueller wants a day off from school and he's developed an incredibly sophisticated plan to pull it off. He talks his friend Cameron into taking his father's prized Ferrari and with his girlfriend Sloane head into Chicago for the day. While they are taking in what the city has to offer school principal Ed Rooney is convinced that Ferris is, not for the first time, playing hooky for the day and is hell bent to catch him out. Ferris has anticipated that, much to Rooney's chagrin. —garykmcd
- Taglines
- While the rest of us were just thinking about it...Ferris borrowed a Ferrari and did it...all in a day.
- Genre
- Certificate
- PG-13
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the parade, several of the people seen dancing (including the construction worker and the window washer) originally had nothing to do with the film. They were simply dancing to the music being played, and John Hughes found it so humorous that he told the camera operators to record it.
- GoofsDuring the Economics class early in the school day, two of the bored students have watches showing the time to be approximately 6:25.
- Crazy creditsFerris comes out of bathroom: "You're still here? It's over. Go home."
- Alternate versionsOriginal DVD release is largely devoid of bonus features, but does include a John Hughes commentary. The later "Bueller...Bueller Edition" adds in many more bonus features, but omits the earlier Hughes commentary.
- ConnectionsEdited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
Top review
Genuinely, Ingeniously Funny
First of all let me say that this movie is genuinely, ingeniously funny, the watch-it-twelve-times-and-it-never-gets-old kind of movie. I myself have seen it seven and a half times and will probably view it again before the end of summer. The movie stars then 23-year-old Matthew Broderick as 17-year-old Ferris Bueller, a high school student who would like nothing better than to be done with school. So he gives in to a strong temptation to cut class and go to downtown Chicago with friends Cameron and girlfriend Sloane (who he gets out of school extremely cleverly, and quite hilariously i might add!). It doesn't take long for principal Edward Rooney to catch on to Ferris's skipping, so he tries as hard as he can to catch him, but is going on about it quite unsuccessfully. All through the movie we learn of Cameron's struggles with his parents and life itself, and through all the hilarity of the movie Cameron finds a part of himself that he hadn't been able to find before. The movie consists of several several fun scenes, such as the German American Appreciation Day Parade, in which Ferris climbs onto the Great Float and the parade-goers dance to "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton and "TWIST AND SHOUT" of course, by the Beatles. Other very important characters are Jeanie Bueller, his revenge-seeking sister who can't seem to understand why Ferris gets away with everything, and Grace, the absent-minded and honest-to-a-fault secretary. There are so many left out parts and characters but to see them all you'll have to watch the movie (you won't regret it!). "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -ferris bueller I give this movie 2 thumbs up, if only i had more hands i could give it a higher rating....
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- ferrisbuellersloanepeterson2003
- Aug 6, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Ferris macht blau
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $70,136,369
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,275,647
- Jun 15, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $70,720,215
- Runtime
- 1h 43min
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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