Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Director: John Hughes, Tom Jacobson John Hughes

Overview

Teenaged Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a legend in his own time thanks to his uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last grand duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day bacchanal through the streets of Chicago. Dogging Ferris' trail at every turn is high-school principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch Bueller in the act of class-cutting. Writer/director John Hughes once again tries to wed satire, slapstick, and social commentary, as Ferris Bueller's Day Off starts like a house afire and goes on to make "serious" points about status-seeking and casual parental cruelties. It brightens up considerably in the last few moments, when Ferris' tattletale sister (Jennifer Grey) decides to align herself with her merry prankster sibling. A huge moneymaker, Ferris Bueller's Day Off eventually spawned a TV sitcom.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2017
UPC:	0032429256782
Original Release:	1986
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	1,569

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matthew Broderick	Ferris Bueller
Mia Sara	Sloane Peterson
Alan Ruck	Cameron Frye
Jeffrey Jones	Ed Rooney,Actor
Jennifer Grey	Jeanie Bueller
Cindy Pickett	Katie Bueller
Lyman Ward	Tom Bueller,Actor
Edie McClurg	School Secretary
Charlie Sheen	Boy in Police Station,Actor
Ben Stein	Economics Teacher
Del Close	English Teacher
Virginia Capers	Florence Sparrow
Kristy Swanson	Simone Adamlee,Actor
Richard Edson	Garage Attendant
Larry 'Flash' Jenkins	Attendant's Sidekick,Actor,Actor,Actor
Jonathan Schmock	Chez Quis Maitre 'd
Tom Spratley	Men's-Room Attendant
Dave Silvestri	Businessman
Debra Montague	Girl in Pizza Joint
Joey Viera	Pizza Man
Louie Anderson	Flower Deliveryman
Stephanie Blake	Singing Nurse
Robert McKibbon	Balloon Man
Paul Manzanero	Pumpkin Head
Miranda Whittle	Girl on Trampoline
Robert Kim	Police Officer
Dick Sollenberger	Politician at Parade
Bob Parkinson	Minister at Parade
Richard Rohrbough	Minister at Parade
Edward Le Beau	Gym Teacher
Polly Noonan	Girl on Bus
Lisa Bellard	Economics Student
Max Perlich	Economics Student
Eric Saiet	Shermerite
Jason Alderman	Shermerite
Joey Garfield	Shermerite
Kristin Graziano	Shermerite
Bridget McCarthy	Shermerite
Eric Edidin	Shermerite
Brendan Babar	Shermerite
Tiffany Chance	Shermerite
Heidi Meyer	Parade Participant
Lee Ann Marie	Parade Participant
Annette Thurman	Parade Participant
Gail Tangeros	Parade Participant
Tricia Fastabend	Parade Participant
Sue Cronin	Parade Participant
Vlasta Krsek	Parade Participant
Annie Ryan	Shermerite
Scott Coffey	Adams
Brendan Baber	Shermerite
Joey D. Vieira	Pizza Man
Jason Robert Alderman	Actor
Polly Augusta Noonan	Girl on Bus
Deedee Rescher	Bus Driver
Bridgett Baron	Shermerite
Arthur Baker	Composer
Charlie Quirke	Garth Volbeck
Janet Hirshenson	Actor
John Robie	Composer

Technical Credits

John Hughes

John Hughes	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Michael Chinich	Executive Producer,Producer
Bennie Dobbins	Stunts
Tom Jacobson	Producer,Director
John Frazier	Special Effects
Clay Boss	Stunts
Lon Bender	Sound Effects
Jane Vickerilla	Producer
Greg Agalsoff	Sound Effects
James R. Alexander	Sound Effects
Terry Lynn Allen	Sound Effects
James Cox	Sound Effects
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Steve Maslow	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Before graduating to more adult-oriented films, writer-director John Hughes capped his high school quartet with this 1986 comedy that, like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, has become an era-defining touchstone. But new generations can join the all-inclusive legions of sportos, motorheads, geeks, bloods, wasteoids, and dweebies who consider eight-time truant Ferris Bueller “a righterous dude.” Who cannot relate to such teenage logic as Ferris’s rationalization of day off No. 9: “How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?” Substitute the word “job” for “school” and you can understand why this liberating comedy continues to strike a chord. As Bueller famously observes, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around, you could miss it.” Matthew Broderick’s immense likability goes a long way toward saving Ferris from coming off as an obnoxious spoiled brat, or, to quote Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), the dean of students determined to catch Bueller, “a snot-nosed punk.” The film’s many classic scenes still make the grade, including Ben Stein’s career-launching “Bueller?...Bueller?...Bueller?”; the “Sausage King”; and Ferris’s parade rendition of “Twist and Shout.” But what puts this edition in a class by itself are the new bonus features, including the nearly half-hour-long “Getting the Class Together,” featuring new and archival interviews with Hughes, Broderick, Stein, and the rest of the lightning-in-a-bottle ensemble, including Jennifer Gray (as Ferris’s resentful younger sister), Alan Ruck (as Ferris’s neurotic best friend, Cameron), Mia Sara (as Ferris’s girlfriend, Sloane), and Edie McClurg (as Rooney’s secretary). Subtract half a grade for the exclusion of Hughes’s audio commentary, which was included on the 1999 DVD.