Editing Ferris Bueller's Day Off (section)

==Production==
[[File:Ferris Bueller Room Replica.jpg|thumb|alt=A replica of Ferris Bueller's bedroom, with band posters on the wall|right|A replica of Ferris Bueller's bedroom recreated by Sarah Keenlyside at the [[Gladstone Hotel (Toronto)|Gladstone Hotel]] in 2016.]]

===Writing===
As he was writing the film in 1985, [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] kept track of his progress in a spiral-bound logbook. He noted that the basic storyline was developed on February 25 and was successfully pitched the following day to [[Paramount Studios]] chief [[Ned Tanen]]. Tanen was intrigued by the concept, but wary that the [[Writers Guild of America]] was hours away from picketing the studio.<ref name="bratpackbook" /> Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kamp |first=David |title=Sweet Bard of Youth |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/03/john-hughes-201003?printable=true&currentPage=5 |url-status=live |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=March 2010 |page=5 |access-date=February 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221025524/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/03/john-hughes-201003?printable=true&currentPage=5 |archive-date=February 21, 2010}}</ref>

Editor Paul Hirsch explained that Hughes had a trance-like concentration to his script-writing process, working for hours on end, and would later shoot the film on essentially what was his first draft of the script. "The first cut of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' ended up at two hours, 45 minutes. The shortening of the script had to come in the cutting room", said Hirsch.<ref name="editing">{{cite book |last=McGrath |first=Declan |title=Editing & post-production |year=2001 |page=79 |publisher=Focal Press |isbn=0-240-80468-6}}</ref> "Having the story episodic and taking place in one day<small>...</small>meant the characters were wearing the same clothes. I suspect that Hughes writes his scripts with few, if any costume changes just so he can have that kind of freedom in the editing."<ref name="editing" />

Hughes intended to focus more on the characters rather than the plot. "I know how the movie begins, I know how it ends", said Hughes. "I don't ever know the rest, but that doesn't seem to matter. It's not the events that are important, it's the characters going through the event. Therefore, I make them as full and real as I can. This time around, I wanted to create a character who could handle everyone and everything."<ref>{{cite news |title=Ferris Bueller: John Hughes and Speedwriting |url=http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2007/04/10/ |work=AMC Movie Blog |date=April 10, 2007 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094443/http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2007/04/10/ |archive-date=April 6, 2012}}</ref>

Edward McNally was rumored as the inspiration for the character Ferris Bueller. McNally grew up on the same street as Hughes, had a best friend named "Buehler", and was relentlessly pursued by the school dean over his truancy, which amounted to 27 days' absence, compared to Bueller's nine in the film.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNally |first=Edward |title=A Mirror Up To the Original Ferris Bueller |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/11/AR2009081103453.html |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818161414/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/11/AR2009081103453.html |archive-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref>

===Casting===
Hughes said that he had Broderick in mind when he wrote the screenplay, saying Broderick was the only actor he could think of who could pull off the role, calling him clever and charming.<ref name="broderick-charm">{{cite news| first=Sharon| last=Barrett| title=Broderick taps charm in 'Day Off'| date=1986-06-13 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3770685.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062357/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3770685.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-04-22| work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|url-access=subscription | access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> "Certain guys would have played Ferris and you would have thought, 'Where's my wallet?{{' "}} Hughes said. "I had to have that look; that charm had to come through. [[Jimmy Stewart]] could have played Ferris at 15...I needed Matthew."<ref name="broderick-charm" />  [[Anthony Michael Hall]], who had worked with Hughes on three previous films, was offered the part but turned it down as he was busy with other projects.<ref name="ruckavclub">{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Will |title=Alan Ruck's journey from Ferris Bueller to Sears to the bridge of the Enterprise and beyond |url=https://www.avclub.com/alan-ruck-s-journey-from-ferris-bueller-to-sears-to-the-1827063548 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |publisher=Onion, Inc. |access-date=July 9, 2018 |date=July 8, 2018 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226002743/https://www.avclub.com/alan-ruck-s-journey-from-ferris-bueller-to-sears-to-the-1827063548 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Guerrasio">{{cite web |date=2021 |last1=Guerrasio |first1=Jason |title=Anthony Michael Hall says he regrets turning down the lead role in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' |url=https://www.insider.com/anthony-michael-hall-regrets-passing-on-ferris-buellers-day-off-2021-10 |website=Insider |access-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121054459/https://www.insider.com/anthony-michael-hall-regrets-passing-on-ferris-buellers-day-off-2021-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other actors who were considered for the role included [[Jim Carrey]],<ref name="carcus">{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/ferris-buellers-day-off-movie-actors-almost-cast/ | title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The Actors Who Almost Played Ferris | work=Screenrant | date=14 March 2020 | accessdate=20 November 2021 | author=Kandell, Zachary | archive-date=November 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120133711/https://screenrant.com/ferris-buellers-day-off-movie-actors-almost-cast/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[John Cusack]],<ref name="carcus"/> [[Johnny Depp]],<ref>{{cite web |date=September 2, 2021 |first1=Diana |last1=Pearl |first2=Maria |last2=Yagoda |title=Iconic Roles That Were Almost Played by Another Actor |url=https://people.com/movies/iconic-roles-that-were-almost-played-by-another-actors/ |website=People |quote=it could have been Depp twisting-and-shouting through the streets of Chicago. The future ''21 Jump Street'' star was John Hughes's first choice for the title role, but he had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628210914/https://people.com/movies/iconic-roles-that-were-almost-played-by-another-actors/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[George Clooney]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/actors-who-almost-starred-in-classic-80s-movies | title=19 Actors Who Almost Starred in Classic '80s Movies | date=July 2, 2023 }}</ref> [[Tom Cruise]], and [[Michael J. Fox]].<ref>{{cite web| last=Evans| first=Bradford| title=The Lost Roles of Jim Carrey| date=17 March 2011| publisher=[[Splitsider]]| url=http://splitsider.com/2011/03/the-lost-roles-of-jim-carrey/| access-date=10 August 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808040454/http://splitsider.com/2011/03/the-lost-roles-of-jim-carrey/| archive-date=August 8, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sara surprised Hughes when she auditioned for the role of Sloane Peterson. "It was funny," she said. "He didn't know how old I was and said he wanted an older girl to play the 17-year-old. He said it would take someone older to give her the kind of dignity she needed. He almost fell out of his chair when I told him I was only 18."<ref>{{cite news| first=Vernon | last=Scott| title=Mia Sara Lands Plum Roles Despite Lack of Training| date=1986-07-16| work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> [[Molly Ringwald]], who had also wanted to play Sloane, said, "John wouldn't let me do it: he said that the part wasn't big enough for me."<ref name="bratpackbook" />

Ruck had auditioned for the role of Bender in ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' that went to [[Judd Nelson]], but Hughes remembered Ruck and cast him as the 17-year-old Cameron Frye.<ref name='Ruck-Casting' /> Hughes based the character of Cameron on a friend of his in high school: "He was sort of a lost person. His family neglected him, so he took that as license to really pamper himself. When he was legitimately sick, he actually felt good, because it was difficult and tiring to have to invent diseases but when he actually had something, he was relaxed."<ref name="DVDCommShoot">{{cite video| title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off-(Commentary by John Hughes)| medium=DVD| publisher=[[Paramount Pictures]]| date=1999-10-19}}</ref> Ruck said the role of Cameron had been offered to [[Emilio Estevez]], who turned it down. "Every time I see Emilio, I want to kiss him," said Ruck. "Thank you!"<ref name="bratpackbook" />

Ruck, then 29, worried about the age difference (he was only 6 years younger than Hughes). "I was worried that I'd be 10 years out of step, and I wouldn't know anything about what was cool, what was hip, all that junk. But when I was going to high school, I didn't know any of that stuff then, either. So I just thought, well, hell—I'll just be me. The character, he's such a loner that he really wouldn't give a damn about that stuff anyway. He'd feel guilty that he didn't know it, but that's it."<ref name='Ruck-Casting'>{{cite news | date=1986-07-03 | first=Diane | last=Haithman | title=Ruck Just Put Himself Into His 'Day Off' Role | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-07-03-8602170641-story.html | access-date=October 18, 2021 | archive-date=April 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407105557/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-07-03-8602170641-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Ruck was not surprised to find himself cast young. "No, because, really, when I was 18, I sort of looked 12," he said. "Maybe it's a genetic imbalance."<ref name="Ruck-Casting" />

Ruck and Broderick had previously acted together in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Biloxi Blues]]''. Cameron's "Mr. Peterson" voice was an [[in-joke]] imitation of their former director [[Gene Saks]].<ref name="bratpackbook" /> Ruck felt at ease working with Broderick, often sleeping in his trailer. "We didn't have to invent an instant friendship like you often have to do in a movie," said Ruck. "We ''were'' friends."<ref name="bratpackbook" />

Jones was cast as Rooney based on his role in ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'', where he played the emperor; Hughes thought that character's modern equivalent was Rooney.<ref name="DVDCommShoot" /> "My part was actually quite small in the script, but what seemed to be the important part to me was that I was the only one who wasn't swept along by Ferris," recalls Jones.<ref name=Jones>{{cite web |title=Q and A with Jeffrey Jones |date=July 2000 |url=http://www.popculturecorn.com/movies/issues/jun00/interview-jeffreyjones.html |work=Pop Culture Corn |access-date=2010-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924205642/http://www.popculturecorn.com/movies/issues/jun00/interview-jeffreyjones.html |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> "So I was the only one in opposition, which presented a lot of opportunities, some of which weren't even in the script or were expanded on. John was receptive to anything I had to offer, and indeed got ideas along the way himself. So that was fun, working with him."<ref name=Jones /> "Hughes told me at the time—and I thought he was just blowing his own horn—he said, 'You are going to be known for this for the rest of your life.' And I thought, 'Sure'... but he was right."<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Coozer |title=Jeffrey Jones |date=1997-10-30 |url=http://www.readjunk.com/interviews/jeffrey-jones/ |publisher=ReadJunk |access-date=2010-03-02 |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901124550/http://www.readjunk.com/interviews/jeffrey-jones/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To help Jones study for the part, Hughes took him to meet his old vice principal. "This is the guy I want you to pay close attention to," Jones explained to Hughes's biographer Kirk Honeycutt. While meeting him, the VP's coat momentarily flew open revealing a holster and gun attached to the man's belt. This made Jones realize what Hughes had envisioned. "The guy was 'Sign up for the Army quick before I kill you!{{' "}} Jones exclaimed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Honeycutt |first=Kirk |title=John Hughes: A Life in Film: The Genius Behind Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone, and more |publisher=Race Point Publishing |date=25 March 2015 |isbn=978-1631060229}}</ref>

Stein says he got the role of Bueller's Economics teacher through [[six degrees of separation]].<ref name='stein-role'>{{cite episode |title=Ben Stein Talks about Famous "Ferris Bueller" Role |airdate=January 10, 2006 |network=[[CNN]] |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/10/sbt.01.html |series=[[Showbiz Tonight]] |credits=Presenters: A.J. Hammer and Brooke Anderson |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415090017/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/10/sbt.01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[Richard Nixon]] introduced me to a man named [[Bill Safire]], who's a ''New York Times'' columnist. He introduced me to a guy who's an executive at [[Warner Brothers]]. He introduced me to a guy who's a casting director. He introduced me to John Hughes. John Hughes and I are among the only Republicans in the picture business, and John Hughes put me in the movie," Stein said.<ref name='stein-role' /> Hughes said that Stein was an easy and early choice for the role of the teacher: "He wasn't a professional actor. He had a flat voice, he looked like a teacher."<ref name="DVDCommShoot" />

===Filming===
[[File:Ferris Bueller house northeast view.JPG|thumb|alt=A white house with blue shutters is pictured|Northeast view of the house in [[Long Beach, California|Los Cerritos]] in [[Long Beach, California]], used in the film]]
"Chicago is what I am," said Hughes.<ref name=hugheschicago>{{cite news |title=Ferris Bueller: John Hughes and Chicago |url=http://www.amc.com/talk/2007/04/ferris-bueller |publisher=AMC Movie Blog |access-date=2010-01-15 |archive-date=May 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507210615/http://www.amc.com/talk/2007/04/ferris-bueller |url-status=dead }}</ref> "A lot of ''Ferris'' is sort of my love letter to the city. And the more people who get upset with the fact that I film there, the more I'll make sure that's exactly where I film. It's funny—nobody ever says anything to [[Woody Allen]] about always filming in [[New York City|New York]]. America has this great reverence for New York. I look at it as this decaying horror pit. So let the people in Chicago enjoy ''Ferris Bueller''."<ref name=hugheschicago />

[[File:Cameron's House.jpg|thumb|alt=A brown modernist squarish house and garage is pictured|The [[Ben Rose House]], in [[Highland Park, Illinois]], served as the filming location for Cameron Frye's house.]]

For the film, Hughes got the chance to take a more expansive look at the city he grew up in. "We took a helicopter up the [[Chicago River]]. This is the first chance I'd really had to get outside while making a movie. Up to this point, the pictures had been pretty small. I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could, not just the architecture and the landscape, but the spirit."<ref name="hugheschicago" /> [[Principal photography|Shooting]] began in Chicago on September 9, 1985.<ref name="Larry Granillo">{{cite web |first=Larry |last=Granillo |title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Wrigley Field |url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12877 |publisher=Baseball Prospectus |date=2011-02-06 |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210143618/http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12877 |url-status=live }}</ref> In late October 1985, the production moved to Los Angeles, and shooting ended on November 22.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Miscellaneous Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4563/ferris-buellers-day-off#notes |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM) |access-date=2014-07-19 |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809163206/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4563/Ferris-Bueller-s-Day-Off/misc-notes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Von Steuben Day]] Parade scene was filmed on September 28. Scenes were filmed at several locations in [[downtown Chicago]] and [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]] (Ferris's home, his mother's real estate office, etc.).<ref name="Ferris Bueller Film Locations">{{cite news |url=http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/07/save-ferris-the-ultimate-map-guide-to-ferris-buellers-day-off.php |title=Save Ferris: The Ultimate Map Guide to Ferris Bueller |work=[[Curbed]] |date=2014-10-07 |access-date=2015-03-09 |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209205700/http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/07/save-ferris-the-ultimate-map-guide-to-ferris-buellers-day-off.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Many of the other scenes were filmed in [[Northbrook, Illinois]], including at [[Glenbrook North High School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.avclub.com/video/chicago-the-iferris-bueller-ihigh-school-57337 |title=Chicago: The Ferris Bueller high school |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=2011-07-29 |access-date=2015-03-09 |archive-date=March 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321001348/http://www.avclub.com/video/chicago-the-iferris-bueller-ihigh-school-57337 |url-status=live }}</ref> The exterior of Ferris's house is located at 4160 Country Club Drive, [[Long Beach, California]],<ref name="Ferris Bueller Film Locations" /> which, at the time of filming, was the childhood home of Judge [[Thad Balkman]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/health/oklahoma-opioid-judge-thad-balkman-profile/index.html | title = From Ferris Bueller to opioid trial: A judge's wild ride into history | first = Wayne | last = Drash | date = August 26, 2019 | access-date = August 26, 2019 | work = [[CNN]] | archive-date = August 26, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190826221209/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/health/oklahoma-opioid-judge-thad-balkman-profile/index.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

The [[Modernist architecture|modernist]] house of Cameron Frye is located in [[Highland Park, Illinois]]. Known as the [[Ben Rose House]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/370-Beech-Street_Highland-Park_IL_60035_1109385563 |title=For Sale: Property Information for 370 Beech Street |publisher='[[Move.com|Realtor.com]] |date=2009-05-27 |access-date=2009-05-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528022335/http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/370-Beech-Street_Highland-Park_IL_60035_1109385563 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> it was designed by architects A. James Speyer, who designed the main building in 1954, and David Haid, who designed the [[pavilion]] in 1974. It was once owned by photographer [[Ben Rose (photographer)|Ben Rose]], who had a car collection in the pavilion. In the film, Cameron's father is portrayed as owning a [[Ferrari 250#250 GT Spyder California SWB|Ferrari 250 GT California]] in the same pavilion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landmarks.org/2009_5.htm |title=Rose House and Pavilion |date=2011-12-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923190550/http://www.landmarks.org/2009_5.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2009}}</ref> According to [[Lake Forest College]] art professor Franz Shulze, during the filming of the scene where the Ferrari crashes out of the window, Haid explained to Hughes that he could prevent the car from damaging the rest of the pavilion.<ref name="rose-house">{{cite web |url=http://www.landmarks.org/2009_5.htm |title=Rose House and Pavilion |access-date=2009-12-08 |publisher=Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923190550/http://www.landmarks.org/2009_5.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2009}}</ref> Haid fixed connections in the wall and the building remained intact. Haid said to Hughes afterward, "You owe me $25,000," and which Hughes paid.<ref name="rose-house" /> In the DVD commentary for the film, Hughes mentions that they had to remove every pane of glass from the house to film the car crash scene, since every pane was weakened by age and had acquired a similar tint, hence replacement panels would be obvious. Hughes added that they were able to use the house because producer [[Ned Tanen]] knew the owner because they were both [[Ferrari]] collectors.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nmVaIYv8ZLo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190622212155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmVaIYv8ZLo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |date=Aug 13, 2016 |title='Ferris Bueller's Day Off' – John Hughes Commentary – Car Crash |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmVaIYv8ZLo |via=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Art Institute of Chicago from south.jpg|thumb|alt=The Romanesque facade of the Art Institute of Chicago is pictured|Hughes says The [[Art Institute of Chicago]] was a "place of refuge" in his youth.]]

According to Hughes, the scene at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] was "a self-indulgent scene of mine—which was a place of refuge for me, I went there quite a bit, I loved it. I knew all the paintings, the building. This was a chance for me to go back into this building and show the paintings that were my favorite." The museum had not been shot in, until the producers of the film approached them.<ref name="DVDCommShoot" /> "I remember Hughes saying, 'There are going to be more works of art in this movie than there have ever been before,'" recalled Jennifer Grey.<ref name="bratpackbook" /> Among notable works featured in this scene include ''[[A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte]]'' ([[Georges Seurat]], 1884), during which Cameron struggles to find his identity in the face of one of the children in the painting, and ''[[Marc Chagall#America Windows, Chicago|America Windows]]'' ([[Marc Chagall]], 1977), in front of which Ferris and Sloane have a romantic moment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-ferris-buellers-day-perfectly-illustrates-power-art-museums-180959279/ |title=How Ferris Bueller's Day Off Perfectly Illustrates the Power of Art Museums |first=Katie |last=Nodjimbadem |date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812204436/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-ferris-buellers-day-perfectly-illustrates-power-art-museums-180959279/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A passionate [[the Beatles|Beatles]] fan, Hughes makes multiple references to them and [[John Lennon]] in the script. While filming, Hughes listened to their [[The Beatles (album)|self-titled 1968 album]] every single day for 56 days.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ferris-buellers-day-off-upset-paul-mccartney/ | title=Why 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' upset Paul McCartney | date=September 14, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Molly Ringwald Interviews John Hughes |date=Spring 1986 |journal=[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]}}</ref> Hughes also pays tribute to his childhood hero [[Gordie Howe]] with Cameron's [[Detroit Red Wings]] jersey.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://medium.com/mel-magazine/why-cameron-frye-wore-a-gordie-howe-jersey-in-ferris-buellers-day-off-adfc36129fd5|title=Why Cameron Frye Wore a Gordie Howe Jersey in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' |first=John |last=McDermott |date=June 11, 2016 |journal=Medium |access-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231101144942/https://medium.com/mel-magazine/why-cameron-frye-wore-a-gordie-howe-jersey-in-ferris-buellers-day-off-adfc36129fd5|url-status=live }}</ref> "I sent them the jersey," said Howe. "It was nice seeing the No. 9 on the big screen."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Q&A with Gordie Howe |date=May 5, 2009 |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2009/05/15/gordie-howe |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |first=Arash |last=Markazi |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114115820/http://www.si.com/more-sports/2009/05/15/gordie-howe |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Car====
[[File:1961-ferrari-rc.jpg|thumb|alt=A red sports car is pictured|A 1961 Ferrari GT California]]
In the film, Ferris convinces Cameron to borrow his father's rare 1961 [[Ferrari 250|Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder]]. "The [[Insert (filmmaking)|insert shots]] of the Ferrari were of the real 250 GT California," Hughes explains in the DVD commentary. "The cars we used in the wide shots were obviously reproductions. There were only 100 of these cars, so it was way too expensive to destroy. We had a number of replicas made. They were pretty good, but for the tight shots I needed a real one, so we brought one in to the stage and shot the inserts with it."<ref name="DVDCommShoot" />

Prior to filming, Hughes learned about Modena Design and Development that produced the Modena Spyder California, a replica of the Ferrari 250 GT.<ref name='ferris-glassmoyer'>{{cite news |title=Ferrari California replica from Ferris Bueller is so choice |date=June 29, 2013 |first=Seyth |last=Miersma |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/29/ferrari-california-replica-from-ferris-bueller-is-so-choice/ |work=Auto Blog |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084432/http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/29/ferrari-california-replica-from-ferris-bueller-is-so-choice/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hughes saw a mention of the company in a car magazine and decided to research them. Neil Glassmoyer recalls the day Hughes contacted him to ask about seeing the Modena Spyder:

{{blockquote|The first time he called I hung up on him because I thought it was a friend of mine who was given to practical jokes. Then he called back and convinced me it really was him, so Mark and I took the car to his office. While we were waiting outside to meet Hughes this scruffy-looking fellow came out of the building and began looking the car over; we thought from his appearance he must have been a janitor or something. Then he looked up at a window and shouted, 'This is it!' and several heads poked out to have a look. That scruffy-looking fellow was [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], and the people in the window were his staff. Turned out it was between the Modena Spyder and a Porsche Turbo, and Hughes chose the Modena.<ref name='ferris-glassmoyer' />}}

Automobile restorationist Mark Goyette designed the kits for three reproductions used in the film and chronicled the whereabouts of the cars today:<ref name='ferris-goyette'>{{cite news |first=David Traver |last=Adolphus |title=Save these Cars – Hollywood, California: Part II |date=December 1, 2009 |url=http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/12/01/save-these-cars-hollywood-california-part-ii/ |work=Hemmings Auto blog |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174122/http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/12/01/save-these-cars-hollywood-california-part-ii/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
# "Built by Goyette and leased to Paramount for the filming. It's the one that jumps over the camera, and is used in almost every shot. At the end of filming, Paramount returned it to Goyette, with the exhaust crushed and cracks in the body. "There was quite a bit of superficial damage, but it held up amazingly well,"  he said. He rebuilt it, and sold it to a young couple in California. The husband later ran it off the road, and Goyette rebuilt the front end for him. That owner sold it in the mid-90s, and it turned up again around 2000, but hasn't emerged since."<ref name='ferris-goyette' />
# "Sold to Paramount as a kit for them to assemble as their stunt car, they did such a poor job that it was basically unusable, aside from going backwards out the window of Cameron's house. Rebuilt, it ended up at [[Planet Hollywood]] in [[Minneapolis]] and was moved to [[Planet Hollywood]] in [[Cancun]] when this one was closed."<ref name='ferris-goyette' />
# "Another kit, supposed to be built as a shell for the out the window scene, it was never completed at all, and disappeared after the film was completed. Goyette thinks he once heard it was eventually completed and sold off, but it could also still be in a back lot at Paramount."<ref name='ferris-goyette' />

One of the "replicars" was sold by [[Bonhams]] on April 19, 2010, at the [[Royal Air Force Museum London|Royal Air Force Museum]] at [[Hendon]], [[United Kingdom]] for {{GBP|79600|2010}}.<ref name='bonhams'>{{cite news |title=Ferrari replica created for Ferris Bueller's Day Off for sale |date=March 30, 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7538543/Ferrari-replica-created-for-Ferris-Buellers-Day-Off-for-sale.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504022357/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7538543/Ferrari-replica-created-for-Ferris-Buellers-Day-Off-for-sale.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name='bonham'>{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=Campbell |title=Buy the 'Ferris Bueller' Ferrari For Only $67,000 |date=March 30, 2010 |url =http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/30/buy-the-ferris-bueller-ferrari-for-only-67-000/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603053121/http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/30/buy-the-ferris-bueller-ferrari-for-only-67-000/ |archive-date=2010-06-03 |work=Cinematical.com |access-date=2010-03-30}}</ref> Another "replicar" used in the movie, serial number 001, referenced as the "hero car" that Goyette stated "hasn't emerged since" was sold at the 2020 Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction on January 18, 2020, for {{US$|396000|2020}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1963-MODENA-SPYDER-CALIFORNIA-GTC0001-FERRIS-BUELLERS-DAY-OFF-241009 |title=1963 MODENA SPYDER CALIFORNIA #GTC0001 'FERRIS BUELLer's DAY – Barrett-Jackson Auction Company – World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220115128/https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1963-MODENA-SPYDER-CALIFORNIA-GTC0001-FERRIS-BUELLERS-DAY-OFF-241009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The "replicar" was "universally hated by the crew," said Ruck. "It didn't work right." The scene in which Ferris turns off the car to leave it with the garage attendant had to be shot a dozen times because it would not start.<ref name="bratpackbook" /> The car was built with a real wheel base, but used a [[Ford V8 engine]] instead of a V12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uncrate.com/stuff/ferris-buellers-day-off-ferrari/ |title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off Ferrari |publisher=Uncrate |access-date=2014-07-19 |archive-date=April 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413080703/http://uncrate.com/stuff/ferris-buellers-day-off-ferrari/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time of filming, the original 250 GT California model was worth $350,000.<ref name="bratpackbook" /> Since the release of the film, it has become one of the [[List of most expensive cars sold at auction|most expensive cars ever sold]], going at auction in 2008 for {{US$|10976000|2008|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cargurus.com/blog/2009/05/22/the-five-most-expensive-cars-ever-sold-at-auction |title=The Five Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold At Auction |author=tgriffith |publisher=The CarGurus Blog |date=2009-05-22 |access-date=2010-03-29 |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315045330/http://www.cargurus.com/blog/2009/05/22/the-five-most-expensive-cars-ever-sold-at-auction |url-status=live }}</ref> and more recently in 2015 for {{US$|16830000|2015|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.caranddriver.com/hammer-down-the-25-most-expensive-cars-at-the-2015-monterey-auctions/ |title=Hammer Down: The 25 Most Expensive Cars at the 2015 Monterey Auctions |first=Rusty |last=Blackwell |work=[[Car and Driver]] |date=2015-08-18 |access-date=2015-09-06 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905155102/http://blog.caranddriver.com/hammer-down-the-25-most-expensive-cars-at-the-2015-monterey-auctions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[vanity plate]] of Cameron's dad's Ferrari spells NRVOUS and the other plates seen in the film are homages to Hughes's earlier works, VCTN (''National Lampoon's Vacation''), TBC (''The Breakfast Club''), MMOM (''Mr. Mom''), as well as 4FBDO (''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'').

====Economics lecture====
[[Ben Stein]]'s famous monotonous lecture about the [[Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act]] was not originally in Hughes's script. Stein, by happenstance, was lecturing off-camera to the amusement of the student cast. "I was just going to do it off camera, but the student extras laughed so hard when they heard my voice that (Hughes) said do it on camera, improvise, something you know a lot about. When I gave the lecture about [[supply-side economics]], I thought they were applauding. Everybody on the set applauded. I thought they were applauding because they had learned something about supply-side economics. But they were applauding because they thought I was boring. ... It was the best day of my life," Stein said.<ref name='stein-role' />

====Parade scene====
The parade scene took multiple days of filming; Broderick spent some time practicing the dance moves. "I was very scared," Broderick said. "Fortunately, the sequence was carefully choreographed beforehand. We worked out all the moves by rehearsing in a little studio. It was shot on two Saturdays in the heart of downtown Chicago. The first day was during a real parade, and John got some very long shots. Then radio stations carried announcements inviting people to take part in 'a John Hughes movie'. The word got around fast and 10,000 people showed up! For the final shot, I turned around and saw a river of people. I put my hands up at the end of the number and heard this huge roar. I can understand how rock stars feel. That kind of reaction feeds you."<ref>{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Thomas |title=Sad Wise Eyes in a Boy's Face |date=1986-06-19 |work=[[Argus-Press]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=00QiAAAAIBAJ&pg=3254,3793155 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=9 |access-date=2017-07-22 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504022358/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=00QiAAAAIBAJ&pg=3254%2C3793155 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Thomas |title=Young star of Ferris Bueller seeks to get away from high school roles |date=1986-06-19 |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=saQyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1289,4733180 |agency=Associated Press |pages=F17 |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504022345/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=saQyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1289%2C4733180 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Broderick's moves were choreographed by [[Kenny Ortega]] (who later choreographed ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''). Much of it had to be scrapped, though, for Broderick had injured his knee badly during the scenes of running through neighbors' backyards. "I was pretty sore", Broderick said. "I got well enough to do what you see in the parade there, but I couldn't do most of Kenny Ortega's knee spins and things like that that we had worked on. When we did shoot it, we had all this choreography and I remember John would yell with a megaphone, 'Okay, do it again, but don't do any of the choreography', because he wanted it to be a total mess." "[[Danke Schoen]]" was somewhat choreographed but for "[[Twist and Shout]]", Broderick said, "we were just making everything up."<ref name="bratpackbook">{{cite book |last=Gora |first=Susannah |title=You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried. The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation |publisher=Crown |date=2010-02-09 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XawD2yexM_kC&q=ferris+bueller |isbn=978-0307408433}}</ref> Hughes explained that much of the scene was spontaneously filmed. "It just happened that this was an actual parade, which we put our float into—unbeknownst to anybody, all the people on the reviewing stand. Nobody knew what it was, including the governor."<ref name="DVDCommShoot" />

====Wrigley Field====
[[File:Saveferris-wrigleyfield.jpg|thumb|alt=Wrigley Field at night lit up to say 'Save Ferris'|''Ferris Bueller'' Night at Wrigley Field, October 1, 2011]]
[[Wrigley Field]] is featured in two interwoven and consecutive scenes. In the first scene, Rooney is looking for Ferris at a pizza joint while [[Harry Caray]]'s voice announces the action of a ballgame that is being shown on TV. From the play-by-play descriptions, the uniforms, and the player numbers, this game has been identified as the June 5, 1985, game between the [[1985 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] and the [[1985 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]].<ref name="Larry Granillo" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/ferris-buellers-actual-day-was-30-years-ago-today-220465 |title=Ferris Bueller's actual day off was 30 years ago today |first=Annie |last=Zaleski |date=2015-06-05 |access-date=2015-06-05 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |archive-date=June 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606033748/http://www.avclub.com/article/ferris-buellers-actual-day-was-30-years-ago-today-220465 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the next scene, Sloane, Cameron, and Ferris are in the left field stands inside Wrigley. Ferris flexes his hand in pain after supposedly catching the foul ball. During this scene, the characters enjoy the game and joke about what they would be doing if they had played by the rules. All these "in the park" shots, including the one from the previous scene where Ferris catches the foul ball on TV, were filmed on September 24, 1985, at a game between the [[1985 Montreal Expos season|Montreal Expos]] and the Cubs. During the [[1985 Major League Baseball season|1985 season]], the Braves and the Expos both wore powder blue uniforms during their road games so, with seamless editing by Hirsch, it is difficult to distinguish that the game being seen and described in the pizza joint is not only a different game but also a different Cubs' opponent than the one filmed inside the stadium.<ref>{{cite web |first=Larry |last=Granillo |title=Ferris Bueller Follow-up |url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12899 |publisher=Baseball Prospectus |date=2011-02-08 |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-date=February 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212144424/http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12899 |url-status=live}}</ref> On October 1, 2011, Wrigley Field celebrated the 25th anniversary of the film by showing it on three giant screens on the infield.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7048417/ferris-bueller-returns-wrigley-field |title=Ferris Bueller returns to Wrigley Field |publisher=ESPN |date=October 1, 2011 |access-date=July 19, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808143714/http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7048417/ferris-bueller-returns-wrigley-field |url-status=live}}</ref>