Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 teen comedy film by John Hughes · Released June 11, 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck, with supporting roles from Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Lyman Ward and Charlie Sheen. It tells the story of the eponymous character, a charismatic high school slacker who lives in the suburbs of Chicago and skips school with his best friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane for a day, regularly breaking the fourth wall to explain his techniques and inner thoughts. Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week.
Cast ages when filming began (September 9, 1985)
- Matthew Broderick, as Ferris Bueller: 23
- Mia Sara, as Sloane Peterson: 18
- Alan Ruck, as Cameron Frye: 29
- Jennifer Grey, as Jeanie Bueller: 25
- Jeffrey Jones, as Edward "Ed" R. Rooney: 38
- Edie McClurg, as Grace Wheelberg: 40
- Charlie Sheen, as Garth Volbeck: 20
- Ben Stein, as Ferris' sardonic economics teacher: 40
- Joey D. Vieira, as a pizza man: 41
- John Hughes: 35
- Kristy Swanson, as an economics student: 15
- Louie Anderson, as a flower delivery person: 32
- Lyman Ward, as Tom Bueller: 44
- Max Perlich, as an economics student: 17
- Virginia Capers, as Florence Sparrow: 59
- Richard Edson, as a garage attendant: 31
- Scott Coffey, as an economics student: 21
- Larry "Flash" Jenkins, as the garage attendant's co-pilot: 30
- Del Close, as the English teacher: 51
- Jonathan Schmock, as Chez Quis Maitre D': 29