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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), into .. Read more
| Starring | Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey |
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| Director | John Hughes |
| Genres | Comedy, Teen |
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), into springing his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara), from class, and the three embark on a raucous downtown Chicago adventure. From Wrigley Field to the Art Institute of Chicago to a Polish pride parade, Ferris and his friends make the most of their day off. But Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron might not get away with playing hooky. Ferris's sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), is determined to prove that Ferris is faking sick and make him pay for it, and the bumbling school dean, Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), is sure that Ferris is pulling a fast one. Another classic from writer-director John Hughes (SIXTEEN CANDLES, THE BREAKFAST CLUB), this film features a star turn from Broderick as the charismatic Ferris. Watch for Charlie Sheen as the juvenile delinquent in the police station and comedian Louie Anderson in a brief appearance as a flower deliveryman.
Conniving Shermer, Ill. high school student Bueller spends his ninth school absence in the company of his kvetchy best friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane, tearing through downtown Chicago on a mad quest for fun. The ruse seems perfect, right down to Cameron's dad's "borrowed" Ferrari, but Ferris' nemesis, high school principal Ed Rooney, is determined to bring the truants to justice.
| Starring | Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen, Louie Anderson, Richard Edson, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Kristy Swanson, Max Perlich, Lyman Ward, Ben Stein, Virginia Capers, Del Close, Larry 'Flash' Jenkins, Edie |
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| Director | John Hughes |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy, Teen |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 31 Jul 2000 Blu-ray: not available Production year: 1986 |
| Format | DVD |
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Matthew Broderick — worshipped by students, scourge of teachers — decides to play truant and whisks reluctant chum Alan Ruck and girlfriend Mia Sara off to the big city for an adventure; meanwhile, uptight dean of students Jeffrey Jones is determined to catch him in the act. It's a simple story, but this remains the most fully rounded of writer/director John Hughes's teen comedies, although once again it's marred slightly by Hughes's familiar undercurrent of sentimentality. Broderick is remarkably likeable as the arrogant, spoilt brat, Ruck is excellent as his melancholy friend and Jones almost steals the show as he suffers the humiliations that would later be heaped upon the burglars in the Hughes-scripted blockbuster Home Alone. The film also provides early outings for Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) and Charlie Sheen.
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Ferris (Broderick) is a boy who gets anything he wants, screws over anyone who gets in his way, and gets patted on the... read more on Time Out
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21 out of 25 people found this review helpful
80's Cult Classic
Fantastic film, great sound track, an 80's Film classic! A MUST WATCH!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Day off for all the family
We all enjoyed this one - even my children (aged 13,10 and 7) who were not around in the 80's.
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Ferris Bueller house for sale
- 27 May 2009
Wealthy fans of 1980s comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off can buy a luxury home featured in the film for £1.5 million. The 5,300 square foot house in the Highland Park area of Chicago, Illinois doubled as the home of Cameron Frye - played by Alan Ruck - and featured in one famous scene where he and Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, accidentally destroyed a Ferrari by driving it through a glass-walled garage. The home comes complete with a whole wall memorabilia from the John Hughes movie, Read more
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Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, ...
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, ...
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