Teenaged Ferris Bueller ( Matthew Broderick ) is a legend in his own time thanks to his uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last grand duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day bacchanal through the streets of Chicago. Dogging Ferris' trail at every turn is high school principal Rooney ( Jeffrey Jones ), determined to catch Bueller in the act of class-cutting. Writer/director John Hughes once again tries to wed satire, slapstick, and social commentary, as Ferris Bueller's Day Off starts like a house afire and goes on to make "serious" points about status-seeking and casual parental cruelties. It brightens up considerably in the last few moments, when Ferris' tattletale sister ( Jennifer Grey ) decides to align herself with her merry prankster sibling. A huge moneymaker, Ferris Bueller's Day Off eventually spawned a TV sitcom. — Hal Erickson
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Matthew Broderick | Ferris Bueller |
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Alan Ruck | Cameron Frye |
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Mia Sara | Sloane Peterson |
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Jeffrey Jones | Ed Rooney |
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Jennifer Grey | Jeanie Bueller |
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Cindy Pickett | Katie Bueller |
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Lyman Ward | Tom Bueller |
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Edie McClurg | Grace |
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Charlie Sheen | Boy in Police Station |
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Ben Stein | Economics Teacher |
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Del Close | English Teacher |
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Virginia Capers | Florence Sparrow |
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Richard Edson | Garage Attendant |
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Larry Flash Jenkins | Attendant's Co-Pilot |
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Kristy Swanson | Simone Adamley |
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Lisa Bellard | Economics Student |
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Max Perlich | Anderson |
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Scott Coffey | Adams |
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Eric Saiet | Shermerite |
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Jason Alderman | Shermerite |
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Joey Garfield | Shermerite |
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Kristin Graziano | Shermerite |
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Bridgett Baron | Shermerite |
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Annie Ryan | Shermerite |
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Eric Edidin | Shermerite |
| Director | John Hughes |
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| Writer | John Hughes | |
| Producer | Michael Chinich, John Hughes, Tom Jacobson, Jane Vickerilla | |
| Musician | Ira Newborn | |
| Photography | Tak Fujimoto | |
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Subtitles | Bulgarian | Croatian | Danish | Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) | Finnish | French | German | Icelandic | Norwegian | Portuguese | Swedish | Turkish |
| Distributor | Paramount |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Regions | 1 |