Editing Ferris Bueller's Day Off (section)

==Post-production==
===Editing===
[[File:A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, 1884.png|alt=Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884/86|thumb|Cameron is transfixed by [[Georges Seurat]]'s ''[[A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte]]''.]]

According to editor [[Paul Hirsch (film editor)|Paul Hirsch]], in the original cut, the museum scene fared poorly at test screenings until he switched sequences around and Hughes changed the soundtrack.<ref name="ferris-edit">{{cite book |last=Oldham |first=Gabriella |title=First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors |publisher=University of California Press |year=1995 |pages=191–192 |isbn=0-520-07588-9}}</ref>

{{blockquote|The piece of music I originally chose was a [[classical guitar]] solo played on acoustic guitar. It was [[wikt:nonmetrical|nonmetrical]] with a lot of [[rubato]]. I cut the sequence to that music and it also became nonmetrical and irregular. I thought it was great and so did Hughes. He loved it so much that he showed it to the studio but they just went "Ehhh." Then after many screenings where the audience said, "The museum scene is the scene we like least," he decided to replace the music. We had all loved it, but the audience hated it. I said, "I think I know why they hate the museum scene. It's in the wrong place." Originally, the parade sequence came before the museum sequence, but I realized that the parade was the highlight of the day, there was no way we could top it, so it had to be the last thing before the three kids go home. So that was agreed upon, we reshuffled the events of the day, and moved the museum sequence before the parade. Then we screened it and everybody loved the museum scene! My feeling was that they loved it because it came in at the right point in the sequence of events. John felt they loved it because of the music. Basically, the bottom line is, it worked.<ref name="ferris-edit" />}}

The music used for the final version of the museum sequence is an instrumental cover version of [[The Smiths]]' "[[Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want]]", performed by [[The Dream Academy]].

===Deleted scenes===
Several [[Deleted scene|scenes were cut from the final film]]; one lost scene titled "[[Islets of Langerhans|The Isles of Langerhans]]" has the three teenagers trying to order in the French restaurant, shocked to discover [[pancreas]] on the menu (although in the finished film, Ferris still says, "We ate pancreas", while recapping the day). This is featured on the ''Bueller, Bueller'' Edition DVD. Other scenes were never made available on any DVD version.<ref>Chaney, Jen: "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010900642.html 'Bueller, Bueller' Edition Almost Saves 'Ferris'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020808/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010900642.html |date=November 7, 2017}}", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', January 10, 2006</ref> These scenes included additional screen time with Jeanie in a locker room, Ferris's younger brother and sister (both of whom were completely removed from the film), and additional lines of dialogue throughout the film, all of which can be seen in the original theatrical trailer. Hughes had also wanted to film a scene where Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron go to a strip club. Paramount executives told him there were only so many shooting days left, so the scene was scrapped.<ref name="bratpackbook" />

According to former vice president of production for [[Paramount Pictures]] [[Lindsay Doran]], an earlier version of the film included a line by Sloane to Cameron during the parade scene when they are discussing their future that resulted in very low scores from young female viewers during test screenings. In the scene, Sloane said, "A girl can always bail out and have a baby and get some guy to support her." "Girls hated that line," Doran recalls. "It was meant as an ironic criticism of gender politics," explained producer Tom Jacobson. "But it went over the heads of the audience and they thought maybe she was espousing them." After cutting the line, Doran said young female test scores skyrocketed approximately 40 points, which was the most dramatic test screening improvement through cutting a single line that she had ever seen.<ref name="Inside Story">{{cite episode |title=Inside Story: Ferris Bueller |series=Biography: Inside Story |network=The Biography Channel |date=15 November 2011}}</ref>

The script also included more dialogue that would have explained Charlie Sheen's character and provided more context to his scene. Though Sheen's character was not named in the film, the script identified him as Garth Volbeck, a friend of Ferris from middle school with a difficult home life. Early in the script, Ferris spoke about how he tried to help Garth turn his life around, but was ultimately unsuccessful as Garth threw his life away due to his substance abuse. This ultimately led to Sheen's appearance in the police station, where he reveals that he is Garth. The scene provided extra context to why Ferris's motivation as to why he wanted to show Cameron a memorable day – Garth represented Cameron's future if Ferris did not get involved. The backstory would have also given additional context as to why Garth was so complimentary towards Ferris in the scene with Jeanie – he still felt loyalty to Ferris from his time when they were friends.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gaughan |first=Liam |date=December 26, 2023 |title=Charlie Sheen's Part in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Would've Meant More With This Deleted Scene |url=https://collider.com/charlie-sheen-ferris-bueller-deleted-scene/ |publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]  |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102231353/https://collider.com/charlie-sheen-ferris-bueller-deleted-scene/ |url-status=live}}</ref>