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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The poster shows a young man smiling with his hands behind his head with the tagline, "Leisure Rules" being on the top of the poster. The film's title, the rating and production credits appear at the bottom of the poster.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Hughes
Produced by
  • John Hughes
  • Tom Jacobson
Written by John Hughes
Starring
Music by Ira Newborn
Cinematography Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Paul Hirsch
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • June 11, 1986 (1986-06-11)
Running time
103 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $5.8 million
Box office $70.1 million
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released September 13, 2016
Genre new wave
Length 76:47
Label La-La Land Records

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 as Ferris Bueller, a high-school slacker who spends a day off from school, with Mia Sara and Alan Ruck. Ferris regularly "breaks the fourth wall" to explain techniques and inner thoughts.

Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week and shot the film over three months in 1985. Featuring many landmarks, notably the Sears Tower and the Art Institute of Chicago, the film was Hughes' love letter to Chicago: "I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could. Not just in the architecture and landscape, but the spirit."

Released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986, the film became one of the top-grossing films of the year, receiving $70.1 million over a $5.8 million budget, and was enthusiastically acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 2016, Paramount, Turner Classic Movies, and Fathom Events re-released the film and Pretty in Pink to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

In suburban Chicago, high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes sickness to stay home. Ferris frequently breaks the fourth wall, giving the audience advice on how to skip school, and to narrate about his friends. His older sister Jeannie is less convinced, but goes to school anyway. Dean of Students Edward R. Rooney notes and suspects Ferris is being truant again and commits to catching him. However, Ferris uses a computer to alter the school's records to reduce his absences from 9 to 2. Ferris convinces his friend Cameron Frye, who really is absent due to illness, to report that his girlfriend Sloane Peterson's grandmother has died. Rooney doubts this, but they succeed as planned.


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