Guide Note: Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 comedy film about a Chicago high school senior who skips school with his friends for a wild day on the town, with his principal hot on his heels.
Fast Facts:
- Director: John Hughes
- Release Date: June 11, 1986
- Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Ben Stein
- Run Time: 102 min
- Actors considered for the role of Ferris included Jim Carrey, John Cusack, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr. and Michael J. Fox
- Repetitive teacher Ben Stein's economics lecture was not scripted; Stein graduated from Columbia University with an economics degree
- A 1990 Ferris Bueller TV show, starring pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston and Charlie Schlatter survived just one season before being canceled by NBC