Ferris Bueller's Day Off is an American feature film of the comedy genre. It was written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Paramount Pictures. It was released theatrically in the United States on June 11th, 1986. The movie stars Matthew Broderick as the titular Ferris Bueller, who comes with an elaborate scheme for ditching school and hanging out with his best bud Cameron Frye, played by Alan Ruck and girlfriend Sloane Peterson, played by Mia Sara. Other cast members include Jeffrey Jones as high school principal Ed Rooney, Jennifer Grey as Ferris' frustrated sister Jeanie Bueller, Cindy Pickett as their mother, Katie Bueller and Lyman Ward as their father, Tom Bueller. Ferris Bueller's Day Off has since become an iconic staple of not only the 1980s, but of the comedy genre at large, and is responsible for launching the career of Matthew Broderick.
Principal photography on Ferris Bueller's Day Off began on September 9th, 1985. Shooting concluded on November 22nd, 1985, with various reshoots being done as late as December.
A 25th anniversary edition of Ferris Bueller's Day Off for DVD and Blu-ray were both released on August 2nd, 2011.
This film is also included on the "Too Cool for School - The John Hughes Collection" DVD set, which was released by Paramount Home Video on October 10th, 2006.
Taglines for this film include, "One man's struggle to take it easy", and "While the rest of us were just thinking about it...Ferris borrowed a Ferrari and did it...all in a day."
Actor Charlie Sheen makes a cameo appearance in the film as a young man at the police station. Although Sheen's character was likely intended to be older than Ferris Bueller, the actor is actually three years younger than Matthew Broderick.
The character of Sloane Peterson was named after Sloane Tanen - the daughter of producer Ned Tanen. Although Tanen did not work on this particular film, he has produced other John Hughes vehicles such as The Breakfast Club. [1]
