Charlie Sheen (the guy in the police station) stayed awake for 2 days, so he could get the right look for the scene.
Movie news
Great sites
Quotes
Ferris: If you're not over here in fifteen minutes, you can find a new best friend.
Cameron: You've been saying that since the fifth grade.
Mistakes
When Ferris and gang are driving into the city (Chicago), you hear a song being played and they show an aerial view of Chicago. When they do a flyby of one of the buildings, you can clearly see the helicopter and the cameraman that is doing the filming, in the reflection of the building's windows. See more...
Movie Mistakes blog
Popular blog posts:
15 biggest Harry Potter mistake pictures
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - 21 trivia entries
Directed by John Hughes, starring Alan Ruck, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara (add more)
Genres: Comedy
Charlie Sheen (the guy in the police station) stayed awake for 2 days, so he could get the right look for the scene.
Anthony Michael Hall turned down roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Cameron), and Pretty In Pink (Duckie) so he wouldn't be typecast.
At the beginning of the scene, in which Rooney calls Ferris's mother to inform her about her son's absence, you can see a poster on a wall in the school that reads "Go Shermer". The Breakfast Club, another John Hughes film, met on a Saturday at "Shermer high school".
The high school where Ferris Bueller's Day Off was filmed is Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois. John Hughes graduated from that school in the late 1960's.
An entire subplot involving a prank Ferris did on a Chicago radio station regarding NASA, was cut from the film and the trailers due to the Challenger explosion in January of 1986. (This entire subplot is explained on the DVD commentary.)
Hidden burlap sheets covered the ground where the Ferrari crashed so the ravine would be protected from the broken glass. The crew had little idea of how things would go when the car crashed to the ground; fortunately a fence was there or the vehicle may have rolled into the neighbor's yard.
When Cameron is lying in bed there are two shots of a hand clicking the answering machine button. That is really director John Hughes' hands clicking the button.
Ferris's father's licence plate reads "mmom" which stands for Mr. Mom. A film that John Hughes did the screenwriting.
The prop crew used four replica fiberglass Ferraris for the film.
A punk rock band named Save Ferris got their name from this film. During the film we see several "Save Ferris" references.
The school used in the film is the same school used in 'The Breakfast Club'.
Throughout the movie, many different characters either sing the words to or hum the song "Danke Schoen". Ferris sings the words in the shower, Mr. Rooney hums it while he is waiting in front of the Bueller's house's door, Jeanie sings it while she is running down the stairs after she kisses Charlie Sheen, and Ferris sings it again during the parade.
When Jeanie is in the police station, the first shot of the scene that we see is a police badge that says Police Officer Shermer. Shermer is the town in which the high school is set in "The Breakfast Club", another John Hughes movie.
Ferris Bueller's home address is "2800." That address was also director John Hughes, home address when he was a kid.
The licence plate on Jeanie's car says "TBC". This is an abbreviation for The Breakfast Club, another film that John Hughes wrote and produced.
Ferris' mom's licence plate reads "Vcation" which stands for "National Lampoon's Vacation." A film for which John Hughes also did the screenwriting.
All of the glass walls inside the Ferrari museum were created by the crew. After shooting the film, the crew put the original glass back inside the museum.
The obese guy that is wearing the fishing gear, & dancing during the parade scene, is the film's prop master.
A drawing of director John Hughes, appears on the Bueller's refrigerator, created by his then six year old son.
Rooney's license plate is 4FBDO. Stands for "For Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
You may also like: The Breakfast Club | Grease | Forrest Gump | The Green Mile | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Message boards
No discussions yet
Register as a member to post a message
The message boards are meant for discussing things with other users, rather than making submissions/corrections. By all means feel free to post what you like here, but for anything to be looked at properly and entered into the "official" section please use the "submit something" link in the navigation bar. Any members who post offensive content will have their accounts blocked. This is also not the place to contact Jon (who runs the site (although the members who help him check are a BIG help)) - for that, please use the contact form.