Ferris Bueller's Day Off facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
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| Directed by | John Hughes |
| Produced by | John Hughes Tom Jacobson |
| Written by | John Hughes |
| Starring | Matthew Broderick Alan Ruck Mia Sara Jeffrey Jones Jennifer Grey |
| Music by | Ira Newborn Arthur Baker John Robie |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Editing by | Paul Hirsch |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1986 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.8 million |
| Money made | $70,136,369 |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy movie set in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by John Hughes and Tom Jacobson and was directed by Hughes.
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Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller
- Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye
- Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson
- Jeffrey Jones as Edward R. Rooney, Dean of Students
- Jennifer Grey as Jeanie Bueller
- Lyman Ward as Tom Bueller
- Cindy Pickett as Katie Bueller
- Edie McClurg as Grace the secretary
- Ben Stein as the Economics teacher
- Del Close as the English teacher
- Charlie Sheen as Garth Volbeck, the teenage boy in police station
- Richard Edson as the Parking Garage Attendant
- Kristy Swanson as Simone Adamlee the Economics Student
- Johnathan Schmock as the snooty waiter
- Virginia Capers as Nurse Florence Sparrow
TV show
There was a TV show on NBC in 1990 called Ferris Bueller, which was a prequel to the movie. Charlie Schlatter played Ferris Bueller; Jennifer Aniston played his sister. The Bueller family lived in Los Angeles instead of Chicago.
Images for kids
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Broderick in Sweden during his promotion of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, June 1986
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Southeast view of the house in Los Cerritos in Long Beach, California, used in the film
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The Ben Rose House, in Highland Park, Illinois, served as the filming location for Cameron Frye's house.
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Hughes says The Art Institute of Chicago was a "place of refuge" in his youth.
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A 1961 Ferrari GT California
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Ferris Bueller Night at Wrigley Field, October 1, 2011.
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Barbara Bush used dialogue from the film at a commencement speech
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While Paul McCartney admitted that he liked the movie, he personally disliked the "Twist and Shout" sequence for its inclusion of brass instruments.
See also
In Spanish: Ferris Bueller's Day Off para niños
