Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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. It was very successful at the box office and has since become a cult classic.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Directed byJohn Hughes
Written byJohn Hughes
Produced byJohn Hughes
Tom Jacobson
StarringMatthew Broderick
Alan Ruck
Mia Sara
Jeffrey Jones
Jennifer Grey
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byPaul Hirsch
Music byIra Newborn
Arthur Baker
John Robie
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
June 11, 1986
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.8 million
Box office$70,136,369

Release dates

CountryPremiere
 United States11 June 1986
 Norway14 August 1986
 Australia21 August 1986
 Argentina23 October 1986
 Finland12 December 1986
 France17 December 1986
 Greece17 December 1986
 Netherlands18 December 1986
 West Germany18 December 1986
 Austria19 December 1986
 Brazil19 December 1986
 Sweden19 December 1986
 Denmark26 December 1986
 Hong Kong8 January 1987
 Colombia29 January 1987
 United Kingdom13 February 1987
 Portugal27 February 1987
 Japan28 February 1987
 Ireland6 March 1987
 Uruguay6 March 1987
 Italy17 April 1987
 Spain24 April 1987

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 and also featuring Samantha Robson in her first starring role. The Bueller family lived in Los Angeles instead of Chicago.

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