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 and co-produced by Tom Jacobson. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck with supporting roles by Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, and Lyman Ward. It tells the story of a high school slacker who skips school with his best friend and his girlfriend for a day in Chicago and regularly breaks the fourth wall to explain his techniques and inner thoughts.
Plot
In a Chicago suburb one month before graduation, high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes illness to stay home from school. His parents believe he is ill, though his sister Jeannie does not. After learning Ferris stayed home for the day, the Dean of Students Ed Rooney is determined to expose Ferris's chronic truancy.
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 | baseball game beatles best friend change of heart collect dean dean of students domineering father drive fakes illness fall ferrari 250 gt california spyder float hypochondriac hypochondriasis jump learn malinger odometer odometer fraud park pratfall rewind the odometer rottweiler truancy twist and shout von steuben day walk |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | John Hughes Tom Jacobson |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago Long Beach |
| theme | high school |