'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Turns 25!!! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 06-11-2011, 08:35 PM

High school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) decides to skip school on a spring day by faking an illness to his parents (Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett), then encourages his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and his pessimistic best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) to spend the day in Chicago as one of their last flings before they head off to different colleges. Ferris persuades Cameron to let them use his father's restored 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California to travel into the city. The rest of the school and many residents learn of Ferris's exaggerated illness and offer donations to help "Save Ferris". However, only two people are not convinced by Ferris's deception: his sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), outraged at Ferris's ability to defy authority easily, and the school's Principal, Edward Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), believing Ferris to be truant.

Marvo301 · 06-11-2011, 10:15 PM

Wow! it's hard to believe this great movie came out 25 years ago! Makes me feel a little old. Anyway I saw this movie on TV a few months ago and it was just as much fun as ever. I guess skipping school to have an adventure is a pretty timeless theme!!

Tweety · 06-12-2011, 12:04 AM

^ I agree, this movie doesn't get old with repeated viewings. Just great stuff!

The only thing I didn't like was during the Twist and Shout scene... adding the brass from the band ruins a song like that. I thought it was funny that Paul McCartney loved the movie, EXCEPT for the part when brass was added to Twist and Shout. I agree with him.

What a great cast too!

Schmoopie · 06-13-2011, 05:33 AM

I just heard Wayne Newtons's Danke Schoen on the radio earlier tonight and I couldn't help but think of Ferris Bueller. It's definitely a classic movie and the fact that it's 25 years old makes me feel VERY old! But it's one of those movies that I fell in love with the instant I saw it!

MrCleveland · 06-15-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tweety

^ I agree, this movie doesn't get old with repeated viewings. Just great stuff!

The only thing I didn't like was during the Twist and Shout scene... adding the brass from the band ruins a song like that. I thought it was funny that Paul McCartney loved the movie, EXCEPT for the part when brass was added to Twist and Shout. I agree with him.

What a great cast too!

I LOVE that scene...and it's funny that McCartney didn't like hearing "Twist and Shout" with the Brass Band...it's almost like when McCartney hated how the last mix of "The Long and Winding Road" was drowned-out by a chior and orchestra, by crazyman Phil Spector himself!

06-11-2011, 08:35 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Turns 25!!! High school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) decides to skip school on a spring day by faking an illness to his parents (Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett), then encourages his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and his pessimistic best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) to spend the day in Chicago as one of their last flings before they head off to different colleges. Ferris persuades Cameron to let them use his father's restored 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California to travel into the city. The rest of the school and many residents learn of Ferris's exaggerated illness and offer donations to help "Save Ferris". However, only two people are not convinced by Ferris's deception: his sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), outraged at Ferris's ability to defy authority easily, and the school's Principal, Edward Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), believing Ferris to be truant.
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,456	Wow! it's hard to believe this great movie came out 25 years ago! Makes me feel a little old. Anyway I saw this movie on TV a few months ago and it was just as much fun as ever. I guess skipping school to have an adventure is a pretty timeless theme!!
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Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	^ I agree, this movie doesn't get old with repeated viewings. Just great stuff! The only thing I didn't like was during the Twist and Shout scene... adding the brass from the band ruins a song like that. I thought it was funny that Paul McCartney loved the movie, EXCEPT for the part when brass was added to Twist and Shout. I agree with him. What a great cast too!
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06-13-2011, 05:33 AM	#4
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	I just heard Wayne Newtons's Danke Schoen on the radio earlier tonight and I couldn't help but think of Ferris Bueller. It's definitely a classic movie and the fact that it's 25 years old makes me feel VERY old! But it's one of those movies that I fell in love with the instant I saw it!
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