Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck, with supporting roles from Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Lyman Ward, and Charlie Sheen. It tells the story of a charismatic high school slacker, Ferris, who skips school with his best friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane for a day in Chicago, regularly breaking the fourth wall to explain his techniques and inner thoughts.
Plot
One spring day in a Chicago suburb, high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes illness to stay home from school, two months before his graduation, regularly breaking the fourth wall. His parents, Katie and Tom, believe he is ill, though his sister, Jeanie, does not. After learning Ferris is absent from school for the ninth time that semester, the school's dean, Edward Rooney and his secretary, Grace become determined to expose Ferris's chronic truancy; Ferris has changed his attendance records by hacking into the school's computer system, making it appear as if he attends school regularly.
More details
| author | John Hughes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | John Hughes |
| editor | Paul Hirsch |
| events | adolescence anticonformism deception friendship joie de vivre social norm |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | art institute of chicago baseball game beatles best friend breaking the fourth wall change of heart chicago cubs claim collect danke schoen date dean domineering father drown fakes illness ferrari 250 gt california spyder float fourth wall hack hacker hypochondriac injured learn malinger odometer odometer fraud park phone call police arrest police station prank call pratfall rewind the odometer rottweiler school bus spring truancy twist and shout von steuben day wake up walk wayne newton |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | John Hughes Tom Jacobson |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago Long Beach |
| theme | high school |