Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.

• Director:John Hughes
• Genre:Comedy
• Runtime:103 minutes

Cast

Matthew Broderick: Ferris Bueller
Alan Ruck : Cameron Frye
Mia Sara : Sloane Peterson
Jeffrey Jones : Ed Rooney
Jennifer Grey : Jeanie Bueller

High school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) decides to skip school on a spring day by faking an illness to his parents (Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett), then encourages his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and his pessimistic best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) to spend the day in Chicago as one of their last flings before they head off to different colleges. Ferris persuades Cameron to let them use his father’s restored convertible 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California to travel into the city. The rest of the school and many residents learn of Ferris’s exaggerated illness and offer donations to help “Save Ferris”. However, only two people are not convinced by Ferris’s deception: his often sarcastic sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), outraged at Ferris’s ability to defy authority easily, and the school’s Dean of Students, Edward Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), who believes Ferris to be truant.

Ferris and his friends arrive downtown and leave the Ferrari with two garage attendants (Richard Edson and Larry Jenkins), who drive off in it a short while later to take a joyride. Ferris, Sloane and Cameron enjoy many sights of the city, including taking in a game at Wrigley Field, visiting the Sears Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and taking part in the Von Steuben Day Parade, with Ferris lip-syncing to “Danke Schoen” and The Beatles’ version of “Twist and Shout.” Ferris also uses his ploys to pretend he is Abe Froeman, the Sausage King of Chicago, to dine at an upscale restaurant on Rush Street (while narrowly avoiding Ferris’s father, who is on his way to lunch with business associates).

Meanwhile, Mr. Rooney has gone off-campus to try to find Ferris, first at a local hangout, then traveling to Ferris’s home. Mr. Rooney attempts to gain entry, but ends up getting stuck in the mud and losing his shoe while being chased by the family’s dog. Mr. Rooney eventually gains access, but Jeanie comes home, trying to find Ferris and discovers him in the kitchen, mistaking him for a burglar. Jeanie calls the police, forcing Mr. Rooney to flee the scene, dropping his wallet in the process. When the police show up, they take in Jeanie for prank calling, and while at the police station, she talks to a drug dealer (Charlie Sheen), who tells her that she needs to stop worrying so much about Ferris and more about herself. Jeanie’s mother shows up later to collect her daughter, upset at having to do so. Read more

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