During the parade, several of the people seen dancing (including the construction worker and the window washer) originally had nothing to do with the film. They were simply dancing to the music being played, and John Hughes found it so humorous that he told the camera operators to record it.
Part of his genius. That's always been an image that makes me feel... good about humanity, to be honest, everybody just getting into it. And it's all the better that A) it was real, and B) Hughes recognized how positive it was
Broderick's moves were choreographed by Kenny Ortega (who later choreographed Dirty Dancing). Much of it had to be scrapped though as 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". 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." -Wikipedia
Him changing his absentee days with his computer was a nod to another classic Mathew Brodrick movie Wargames where he used his computer to change his grades to avoid summer school.
@@deacongowan117 Actually that's only partially right, it did exist then, kind of. It was a simple network and it wasn't called "the internet" yet. Heck, they even had email. Only real smart computer nerds knew how to use it, or computers for that matter.
@@robertmolton6761 He wasnt using any kind of internet. He was using a modem to call computers directly. A technology that has been available since the mid 1960's and was common place in IT companies and centres of learning.
@@stephen2583 I'm not an expert or anything, but isn't that what the internet evolved from with early dial up connection through modems? Same difference, right? 🤔
Stein said he was in Europe in the early 90’s in a hotel elevator and all Stein could hear was someone say “ Bueller, Bueller”, he turned around and it was Kurt Cobain. Awesome reaction, cheers.
The art gallery scene is probably my most favorite scene in all of film. I just love the music, the fun, the love, the acting, the art, the pain and how they all work together to paint a beautiful picture. It’s perfect.
An instrumental cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want". Hughes might have thought the lyrics were too much on the nose for the scene.
No kidding when I first saw this movie I was in my twenties now in my sixties wondering where all the years and plans went ! Still alive though woot! Thanks Shanelle really enjoy your channel and congrats on your new home!
Full Disclosure: I went to film school in the early "80's". My first job was as a Production Assistant on this movie. John Hughes had most of the actors improvise alot of the dialog. That's probably why some scenes seemed disjointed. Also most of that parade was real. No extra's. (I was in that crowd somewhere.) They just got permission from the city of Chicago and shot most of those scenes with hand held cameras.(Yes, they had steady cams in 1985). John used the real people from the parade,(including the construction workers, etc..) Parts of the parade were filmed in post production, but still in Chicago. After, I was one of the many PA's running around chasing down random people sign releases for the movie. Overall it was one the best weeks of my life, and I even got paid for it.
A detail that I love about this, is that Ferris complains early on that he got a computer for his birthday instead of a car. Near the end, his mom tells Jeanie that if she hadn't had to leave work, she would have gotten a big commission, and bought Ferris a car with it. So Ferris unknowingly screwed himself out of getting a car.
Reversing a car does not work ANYMORE it did work however on some cars. Used to have a neighbor who rolled his back on jacks every couple weeks in good weather.
You skipped over my favorite part! He's trying to get home quickly before he gets caught. He runs through a back yard, where two women are sunbathing. He comes back & introduces himself. Comedy GOLD!!!
Someone had to point out to me that Ferris is pretty much a complete dick all the way through. Not only was he right, but I had to take a long look at myself after that!
I remember the mom from a really bad 80's movie called "Hysterical" with the Hudson Brothers, Richard Kiel (Jaws from James Bond), Julie Newmar and the weird guy Exidor from Mork & Mindy
Matthew Broderick and his on-screen sister Jennifer Gray became a couple on-set also. The year after Ferris, and just a few weeks before Dirty Dancing opened, the two decided to take a romantic trip to Ireland. Sadly the trip ended with two women dead and Broderick in hospital, and potentially facing 5 years in an Irish jail. Very tragic.
20:02 The nurse who is performing the singing telegram is Stephanie Blake. She’s an accomplished singer/dancer who appeared in the movie The Mambo Kings; and has performed for many years on the burlesque circuit, including a performance in an HBO special called With A Touch of Burlesque.
"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious." My husband and I quote this every time we pass a Baskin Robbins.
John Hughes took an ad out in several papers announcing EXTRAS NEEDED for the parade scene.. I didn’t go but remember seeing it in the Sun Times. I actually ended up meeting him at a bookstore in Northbrook court a year later and was nice enough to take the time to talk to me about Film ( I was a film student at Columbia at the time) he told me before Sixteen Candles he was never on a movie set and the gave me perhaps the BEST ADVICE I ever got as a student filmmaker which I’ll share with you and this is a quote, “Dont get caught up in the technical aspects of filmmaking. Everything begins and ends with the story. A movie can be poorly filmed but if the story is good? The audience won’t notice and even better? Won’t care”… I’ve shared this story with several colleagues who have worked with John who ALL said I must have caught him on a good day. He was notoriously moody and very aloof but I’ll always be grateful to this Icon for taking the time to stand there in a crowded bookstore to answer my questions.. RIP John and thank you!
I enjoy the theory that this is all Cameron’s fever dream. But to me the more plausible and deeper idea is that Ferris planned this whole day MAINLY to help his troubled and depressed friend Cameron. Being Ferris of course, he also relished the idea of pulling off an elaborate scam on the school and his parents. But we can sort of save him from truly being an “asshole” if we take seriously that Ferris’ true motive is to stage a kind of mental health day for Cameron.
you wouldn't think that if they kept the deleted scene where ferris tells his father I bet you don't even remember where you put the bonds you bought genie and I just to get the cash for that day :D
@@sandrasnow-balvert7766 first off all those bonds he used were his own bonds, the dad just was holding onto them and two that was in a deleted scene so its not canon
@@houseofaction ummmm which is why I said it was a deleted scene and he didn't pay for any of them his dad put the money into them in their name to help with their retirement. Now tell me would ferris be a cool kid and fun with that scene or would we look at him as an asshole thief if the scene was kept in?
@@sandrasnow-balvert7766 If they rewrote the entire script, to where Ferris offed somebody, it would be completely different too. It doesn't really matter what they MIGHT have done or SHOWN us. We saw what they WANTED to show us, so we got what we got. I think you should just enjoy the movie that IS, not the movie that COULDHAVE BEEN or you imagined.
I've never heard any of the things you said, not do I like or agree with them. Also, I NEVER thought that Ferris was an asshole at all, just a kid who wanted to skip school, and being a kid who could actually pull it off. I've known many kids growing up that were just like this ... always getting pretty much what they wanted, without having to try. He hurt no one ... Rooney did it to himself.
I'm from Chicago, and its definitely not possible to do all the stuff Ferris did in a single day. However, I love this movie so it didn't stop my friends and I from trying lol. I was a teen in the late 90's and most people my age were huge fans of this movie, so it wasn't uncommon to plan a trip to the city with many of the elements from the movie involved. You could probably do it all if you had a full weekend.
Growing up in Chicago in the 90's, the movies we saw all the time that we loved (mostly because they were 'Chicago movies) were this and The Fugitive (Harrison Ford, another Chicago native).
@@RevStickleback I lived in the area where "Twin Peaks" was filmed & could not help but recognize they were driving down the road, then driving down the same road but from further back down the same stretch.
John Hughes was apparently a quiet kid who listened more than talked, and observed more than participated, but had a great sense of humor... And this helped him understand how young folk talked and dreamed of doing things in funny ways...
I can't put my finger on why, but my favorite bit in this film has always been Cameron's scream and the cuts to the various statues... it's as though his angst and crisis are something that philosophers through all ages are contemplating
When you go to the top floor of the Sears tower, if you stand on the railing with your head against the glass, not only can you see the street below, but you can feel the building sway.
As a result of this movie, "Twist and Shout" charted again in the summer of '86, reaching a peak position of 23. The movie theater where I saw this had a handmade sign at the box office telling people to stay all the way through to the end ot the credits. The movie came out the summer before I started high school. My high school experience ended up being very much NOT like this.
The walk through the Museum is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. The interaction with the elementary students and Cameron’s relationship with the small girl in the painting capture two book ends of life.
Somewhere here in the TH-cams, someone DID try and map out whether Ferris' day was possible. If I recall correctly, they did determine that *technically* it WAS possible, but you wouldn't have been able to "experience" any of the things they did (i.e. they could only spend an inning at the Cubs game, 20 minutes at the art museum, etc..)
My favorite scene in this movie is when he's racing to beat his sister home and he passes two girls sunbathing and comes back to introduce himself. If you like high school movies, try 3 O'Clock High.
The best part from the bus scene, is Rooney sitting with the girl with glasses. I still quote it to this day!!! She says, “Gummi bear? It's been in my pocket; they're real warm and soft.”
This movie had WAY TOO MUCH effect on me as a teen. It caused me to take off to NYC with my best friend for a day trip when we were both supposed to be in school. We had a Ferris adventure and he wrecked my car on the way back. Still best friends 35+ years later. And I can still do the opening monologue - used it to audition for years.
My husband and my friends actually tried visiting all the stops that Ferris and co. did in the movie about 8 years ago as part of a Groupon deal that was doing a screening of the movie at Wrigley Field. We were able to do everything except visit the stock exchange, which was closed to the public, the parade (no parades that day) and the ballgame and it still took a full day to do everything (including the time driving back and forth to the suburbs).
ahhhh I would LOVE THAT. I want to do this!! I thought the ballgame might be hard because that's usually and all-day production in and of itself. This is so fun though!
I remember it being a big deal to hear Star Wars music in anything back then. You couldn't see Star Wars any old time, so just hearing the music briefly like this was awesome.
I remember renting Star Wars on video in/around 84 and Empire in 85. Saw this in theaters upon release and definitely had seen the original trilogy at home by that point.
I'm an 80s kid, and we were all so guilty of skipping school. No one thought we would die like Ferris, but especially our female teachers, we knew we were at home on a beautiful day getting our 'prom tan.' Skipping high school, especially your senior year, was easy. No one really cared. Our teachers were probably glad that we were gone! and they didn't have to deal with us in class. 🤣 I don't blame them. Having raised teenagers, I find it fun but not fun at the same time. We were ready to send them off to college. Growing up in the 80s with all of these legendary movies was the best. We grew up at the same time they did from Breakfast Club until we graduated from college, but we didn't know what to do with ourselves in St. Elmo's Fire. We grew up in high school and graduated from college with John Hughes. We miss him. We could use him now as we are all grandparents. RIP Mr. Hughes - thank you for helping us through our teens in the 80s!
there was also a dropped subplot about Sheen's character being a childhood friend of Ferris who had an upbringing almost exactly like Cameron but had a total meltdown, and he was trying to save his friend from that same fate.
The actors who played Ferris’s parents met while making this movie and got married shortly thereafter. The marriage didn’t last but they did have two kids 🙂 If you do hear from an extra in this movie _please_ share it on your channel 🤗 Also Edie McClurg is a treasure 👏👏
Cindy Pickett (DeepStar Six / Son in Law) & Lyman Ward (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge / Planes, Trains & Automobiles / Not Another Teen Movie); who divorced themselves 6 years later after their regretful appearance in Sleepwalkers?
The one time I tried to fake being sick to stay home from school, my mom saw through it and put me to work: "Since you're here, the house needs vacuuming, and while you're doing the laundry you can mop the kitchen floor; etc." Filled my day with enough chores to make school seem preferable!
When she first saw the principal, and kicked him, it all happened so fast that she didn't get a good look at him, so she didn't recognize him at right away.
In English class for my senior year I wrote a paper with an outline and timeline of how these events couldn’t have happened in one day and got an A on it. I actually tried a “Ferris Bueller” events day the only time I went to Chicago and it didn’t work out so stretched it out to a few days. Easily one of my favorite movies though.
I never had a stay home from school move. My parents were way too smart for that. But then again I was sick regularly as a child. Plus I wasn’t the kind of person Ferris is. PS The musical scene was choreographed by Kenny Ortega. Aka the guy who directed High School Musical 1,2, and 3!
My dad got tired of me ditching and started dropping me off at the entrance to the school. Once or twice I just waited until he drove off, then turned around and walked a mile home.
I saw this movie in school, probably a last day before Christmas or summer vacation, when I was in grade 6 or 7. I was one of the kids the teacher regretted showing this film to lol... took some of the underlying message to heart. Definitely one of my most quoted movies. Whenever I hear someone repeatedly calling someone’s name, I start saying “Bueler, Bueler...”. People look at me like I’m crazy
The principal in this movie always made me uncomfortable as a kid and when I got older I googled him and ya he is a monster in real life and should spend the rest of his life in jail.
My parents were at work by the time my alarm for school would go off, so it was all on me from the get go! Skipping school is only fun if you're doing it with someone else, that's for sure. Otherwise its just depressing! lol
Shanelle, Ferris Bueller's Day Off was so influential in my life that the day I got drunk for the first time in my life - what happened at a winery, during my class's graduation trip from high school - I went up to the dinner table and I sang "Twist and Shout", with my class doing the chorus! It was a memorable day ... Here in Brazil the movie's name was "translated" into "Curtindo a Vida Adoidado", something like "Enjoying Life Like Crazy". I don't like these "translations" for movie titles, but this is one of those that most closely matches the film.
I've been on a "reaction channel" rabbit hole for about a month now; some reactors I really enjoy, others not so much. This is my first time visiting your channel, but I can already tell: You are for sure one of the good ones. Obviously you are coming at this with some film experience already; hearing you comment on film angles, editing techniques, etc. is super fun. There are simply SO many films that have been made over the past 100+ years; someone in their 20s, even an avid student of film, cannot be expected to have seen everything already; it takes time to soak it all in. I'm in my 40s, have seen LOTS of films, and yet there are still many films widely considered "classics" that I have simply not seen yet. And, of course, there are those favorites I have seen hundreds of times. ("Ferris.." is one of those favorites. Though it was made in the mid-80s, and I went through high school in the mid-90s, I feel a strong connection to the high school experience. You said much the same: this film transcends decade, speaking to some universals about the teenage experience.) Watching an avid film buff such as yourself enjoying these now-classic films from the past several decades is a joy. You "get it," and your commentary reflects your deep love of films. I look forward to watching your other reactions, and hearing what you have to say about them. Good luck to you in your film-making ambitions!
The one time I got caught skipping they gave me an option. Three days inside school suspension or two days outside. I managed to not break out laughing because I figured the Dean wouldn't understand the lunacy of the situation. I took the two days, they were the Friday before and Monday after Spring break.
This film is one of my go-to comfort films as well as one of my favorite films in general, because Matthew talking with the camera really allows me to be immersed in the story, plus the comedic acting and heartwarming moments between the three friends really help to put a smile on my face. I just love this movie!
This is John Hughes' masterpiece. This film is absolutely flawless and I never get tired of watching it. On a side note, THIS is how people dressed in high school in the 1980s! At least at my school. It wasn't all neon and big hair like Saved by the Bell. Mostly jeans and t-shirts for the guys. A lot of the cool girls dressed like Sloane. The biggest 80s fashion sins were committed by the adults at that time. We made fun of the guys who flipped their collars up.
You're a joy to watch! It is next to impossible for me to argue with Ben Stein's opinion on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." John Hughes' many films set in and around Chicago are essentially his love letters to a city he held so dear. They are masterpieces in their own rights. "Ferris Bueller..." is easily the culmination of John Hughes' work in the 1980s, if "Breakfast Club" isn't. One could consider both as the culmination of John Hughes in the 1980s. "Ferris..." brings together so many elements and tropes of Hughes' other films while staying unique, and you touched on some of those, particularly with the deep conversations they're having "amidst the punctuated comedy." (13:48) As I first started getting interested in film since I initially took a film study course in high school, I had already seen some of Hughes' work as a young child, and I just enjoyed it even then as a child can, but as I've grown, I've come to appreciate Hughes' work as a whole. Looking back on films like this one, I even tear up a bit, because they are films with living souls. They are injected with so much humanity, and they are made with love and with the utmost care and quality in mind. When I was choosing a quote for my senior year in high school, I had no idea what I wanted to choose. I had seen others before me choose it, but it just felt right. I chose, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and take a look around once in a while, you could miss it." And how valid is that sentiment!? We do need to stop and smell the roses from time to time. It's just a must to allow ourselves to be overcome by the present as a rest stop on our journeys through life.
I didn't miss many full days in HS, but I did skip a bunch of 1st and 2nd-period classes and slept in. The key was, I became friends with the secretaries ('assistant' today, but I am old, and that's what they were called back then), especially the ones on reception and the Dean of Students... I could call in, say 'Oh, I'm feeling a little feverish, but I'm gonna pop an aspirin and drink some OJ and see if that helps", then snooze a couple extra hours. Didn't end up on the absent-from-class list. The key was one time I did an all-nighter trying to study for a history test. Took it, then fell asleep in the lobby, missing post-class gym. Which was required, so it was reported I missed it. Turns out, the secretary saw me asleep as she was leaving and skipped me on the missed-attendance sheet the next day... I was at school, after all.
I was a child of 4 years old when this movie came out. I first watched it on VHS when I was about 6 or 7, around 1988 or 1989. The fact that I remember that ought to tell you something. Lol. I’ve watched it a million times since. It’s one of my favorite movies ever. Pure John Hughes 1980s goodness. Pure Chicago (even though I’m from Oklahoma). When I later visited Chicago, I remembered a lot of the spots and scenery from this movie. Lol. I remember the 80s enough to remember that this is what the 80s looked like, it was pretty rad, and this movie is iconic. And your reviews are FANTASTIC. You look at it with the eye of a filmmaker and a historian. It’s so much better than all these reviewers who just laugh at old movies and try to get likes and clicks. Good for you.
5:45 Staying home from school for me was easy - my mom left for work before I left for school. It was totally up to me if I skipped or slept in a bit & missed a class or 2. We did have to provide a parent’s note to the school the next day though, but my mom was pretty lax about them bc I got straight A’s, so there was no reason to get on my case about skipping. The best thing though was once I turned 18 during senior year, she just told the school that I was permitted to write my notes after skipping. After that point, some friends and I took several planned ‘vacation’ days where we’d drive out to the coast for a beach day or go to a Six Flags or maybe spend the day in San Francisco. They also re-released the original Star Wars trilogy in theaters that year and the entire senior class skipped school together to go watch each of those on their release days, even the quiet & shy kids who never skipped school or did rebellious stuff came along.
This is one of my favorite movies! When my 3 older kids were about age 12-13, I started showing them my favorite 80s movies. This is one of their favorites. After I made them watch this, my oldest daughter invited all of her friends over and made them watch it too. They LOVED it!
@@boghag Yeah, Jennifer Grey got a nose job and didn't look like herself anymore. She actually said it hurt her career, the opposite of what one would expect in most cases.
To this day an Official Soundtrack of this movie does not exist. There are downloadable Ferris Beuller compilations that people have made but not an official licensed cd.. Spotify also has a Ferris Bueller Compilation channel by someone. Twist and Shout was approved by Paul McCartney for the movie, however upon hearing the brass section added to the song he was not a fan. The movie was a #1 hit in the states for months and it propelled Twist and Shout back onto top 40 charts for 7 weeks that same year.... over 20 years past when it was originally released.
"What country do you think this is??" ... Classic 80's hit movie. It came out just as I was entering high school and may have lead me to skip a sunny day or two back in the day. Love it!!
16:26 "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", painted from 1884 to 1886 (and purchased by Art Institute of Chicago in 1924), is Georges Seurat's most famous work. The painting and the life of its artist were the basis for the 1984 Broadway musical "Sunday in the Park with George" starring Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Bride"). Check it out!
@@pebblesanddirt Well, it was the phrase we used in my house in 1990. Mental health, personal day, same thing - I'm sleeping in and ain't going anywhere.
I got to skip any day we had a field trip. There would be no tests or assignments that day, and my mom could avoid paying for a ticket to whatever museum or other such place we were going, so it was a win-win.
Ohhh, man. This has to be the best reaction video out there, not least because I've loved this film since it debuted. And because your insights on filmography lift the whole experience. It's also such a blast to watch your complete involvement, you're so invested. Still watch John Hughes films now and then. Wish I'd met someone like you back when . . .
Saw this in theatre in my teens and I loved it. A few years ago, I was travelling across the states and stopped in Chicago for a few days. I planned a day where I went to as many John Hughes locations as I could in one day. So, the Bueller school, water tower, the place where Cameron freaks out which also happens to be at the end of the road where the Sixteen Candles church is. I saw the Home Alone house, the building where ferris' mom works, The Modern Art museum and the Willis (formerly Sears) tower. A long but fun day! Glad you enjoyed it and you really seem to get Hughes' humour and story telling.
A movie I’ve seen a billion times and will a billion more, god willing. There is an amazing making of documentary on TH-cam and it includes interviews with the man himself...Hooterson.
The line reading of "You heartless wench!" is absolutely perfect. It's just serious enough without sounding mean. As well as using the word wench which is a great choice.
This is probably the first John Hughes I saw, but Breakfast Club will always be my favorite. Weird Science has slipped down the list in recent years, but remains one of JH's funniest movies too.
9 months too late but to add my two cents - Ferris Bueller is one of my family's favourite movies and we quote it all the time, especially my mum and I. I've also had shirts that say Save Ferris on them and they always get people in the know to smile! Now that I'm older, I can definitely appreciate it even more and it brings back one fun memory in particular. At my high school, we were allowed to have a day off school to visit universities if there was an open day, as long as we had parents permission. Well, I was semi curious about a school in London and I convinced my boyfriend to say he was interested too so that we could go. The tour was only twenty minutes or so and we spent the rest of the day walking around and playing in London, not getting back to school until dinner (boarding school) - our friends were BEYOND annoyed that we'd managed it!
Love their visit to the art museum, from the music playing to the hand holding with the school children to Cameron's painful identifying with the sad child in the painting. Brilliant.
Thanks for discussing. Loved it since I first saw it in the late '80s/early 90s on home video. It's probably second on my list of favorite John Hughes filmes. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular (and movie buff)
wish more would react to that movie. But maybe it just doesn't hold up with the fear we had back then during the cold war. Knowing nukes were always ready to go.
@@tomyoung9049 Yeah, it's weird when I hear young people say that people didn't have much to worry about during the eighties. It was a great time to be a kid, but the world was a much scarier place.
Hey Shanelle! This video appeared in my TH-cam feed today and then I watched your Blazing Saddles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High reactions and your first Q&A video. I'm so glad I found you, you have a really fun and interesting personality and I'm excited to watch more of your videos including your full length videos on Patreon. Keep up the great work! 😀
Have you seen L.A. Story? Don't know why I thought of it while you were watching this, but it is a great film. Steve Martin is in it. You may enjoy it.
The one line I used every since I saw this movie in high school, in the 80s, is the "niiine times" I find myself saying that every single time 9 comes up in a conversation.
During the parade, several of the people seen dancing (including the construction worker and the window washer) originally had nothing to do with the film. They were simply dancing to the music being played, and John Hughes found it so humorous that he told the camera operators to record it.
Part of his genius. That's always been an image that makes me feel... good about humanity, to be honest, everybody just getting into it. And it's all the better that A) it was real, and B) Hughes recognized how positive it was
Someone on the crew saw them and pointed it out.
Broderick's moves were choreographed by Kenny Ortega (who later choreographed Dirty Dancing). Much of it had to be scrapped though as 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". 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." -Wikipedia
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Him changing his absentee days with his computer was a nod to another classic Mathew Brodrick movie Wargames where he used his computer to change his grades to avoid summer school.
Yes! Excellent catch! 👍
With no internet as the internet wasn’t around then.
@@deacongowan117 Actually that's only partially right, it did exist then, kind of. It was a simple network and it wasn't called "the internet" yet. Heck, they even had email. Only real smart computer nerds knew how to use it, or computers for that matter.
@@robertmolton6761 He wasnt using any kind of internet. He was using a modem to call computers directly. A technology that has been available since the mid 1960's and was common place in IT companies and centres of learning.
@@stephen2583 I'm not an expert or anything, but isn't that what the internet evolved from with early dial up connection through modems? Same difference, right? 🤔
Stein said he was in Europe in the early 90’s in a hotel elevator and all Stein could hear was someone say “ Bueller, Bueller”, he turned around and it was Kurt Cobain. Awesome reaction, cheers.
The art gallery scene is probably my most favorite scene in all of film. I just love the music, the fun, the love, the acting, the art, the pain and how they all work together to paint a beautiful picture. It’s perfect.
I LOVE this movie!! It will get a repeat watch from me!
An instrumental cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want". Hughes might have thought the lyrics were too much on the nose for the scene.
same, it's such a sweet peaceful moment in amongst all the zany hijinks, i just love it
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and take a look around once in a while, you could miss it."
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No kidding when I first saw this movie I was in my twenties now in my sixties wondering where all the years and plans went ! Still alive though woot! Thanks Shanelle really enjoy your channel and congrats on your new home!
That was actually my senior quote, and I'm grateful I chose it. Loved the reaction.
@@ShanelleRiccio BAM!.....there ya' go!
Charlie Sheen staying up for 48 straight hours was probably going to happen regardless of whether he was shooting the movie or not.
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That would become part of the standard story line of Two and a Half Men 20 years later lol
Maybe that is where the problem started.....not!!
I read that Sheen did the cameo to try out the character for his next movie which was "Major League".
@@kennethtilton6137 I hadn't realized how similar they were. That actually makes some sense. Loved "Major League"!!
Full Disclosure: I went to film school in the early "80's". My first job was as a Production Assistant on this movie. John Hughes had most of the actors improvise alot of the dialog. That's probably why some scenes seemed disjointed. Also most of that parade was real. No extra's. (I was in that crowd somewhere.) They just got permission from the city of Chicago and shot most of those scenes with hand held cameras.(Yes, they had steady cams in 1985). John used the real people from the parade,(including the construction workers, etc..) Parts of the parade were filmed in post production, but still in Chicago. After, I was one of the many PA's running around chasing down random people sign releases for the movie. Overall it was one the best weeks of my life, and I even got paid for it.
A detail that I love about this, is that Ferris complains early on that he got a computer for his birthday instead of a car. Near the end, his mom tells Jeanie that if she hadn't had to leave work, she would have gotten a big commission, and bought Ferris a car with it. So Ferris unknowingly screwed himself out of getting a car.
I like the idea that this connects to his David Lightman character in War Games.
Reversing a car does not work ANYMORE it did work however on some cars. Used to have a neighbor who rolled his back on jacks every couple weeks in good weather.
You skipped over my favorite part! He's trying to get home quickly before he gets caught. He runs through a back yard, where two women are sunbathing. He comes back & introduces himself. Comedy GOLD!!!
"Dinner's ready" - That one gets me.
Horny ole goat!.....still...comedy gold nonetheless.
Did you notice that they were sunbathing at 6pm, with the sun behind them? 🤣
@@MegaToronto1 Stop being a sunbathing Nazi!😠. NO SUN FOR YOU! ...come back outside...in one year!
Didn't Spider-Man homecoming parody this?
Shanelle: “Ferris is kind of an a**hole”.
Also Shanelle: “I love Ferris”
That was my reaction first time I saw it too. He seems kind of selfish and cruel until we find out what a righteous dude he is.
Someone had to point out to me that Ferris is pretty much a complete dick all the way through. Not only was he right, but I had to take a long look at myself after that!
But he's a very ENTERTAINING asshole, and for a movie that's meant to be entertaining, that's all I need. ;)
It be that way
@@KennethSorling “They all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude!”
Fun fact: the actors that played Ferris' parents fell in love on set and actually got married after filming this.
Ah! That helps explain why they played as married w/kid in "Sleepwalkers."
And then divorced
I remember the mom from a really bad 80's movie called "Hysterical" with the Hudson Brothers, Richard Kiel (Jaws from James Bond), Julie Newmar and the weird guy Exidor from Mork & Mindy
@@alphapatriot1776 Alas, Hollywood couples.
Matthew Broderick and his on-screen sister Jennifer Gray became a couple on-set also. The year after Ferris, and just a few weeks before Dirty Dancing opened, the two decided to take a romantic trip to Ireland. Sadly the trip ended with two women dead and Broderick in hospital, and potentially facing 5 years in an Irish jail. Very tragic.
20:02 The nurse who is performing the singing telegram is Stephanie Blake. She’s an accomplished singer/dancer who appeared in the movie The Mambo Kings; and has performed for many years on the burlesque circuit, including a performance in an HBO special called With A Touch of Burlesque.
"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious." My husband and I quote this every time we pass a Baskin Robbins.
SO!...YOU'RE the couple who stole the Baskin Robbins from my podunk , one horse town! BASTERDS!.............stuck with vanilla bean...FOREVER!!!😠
Kristie Swanson - From Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I was sure she said 7 Eleven. Gonna continue to watch and hopefully find out. You are absolutely correct. 31 flavors.
I LOVED Simone, especially when she said, "no problem whatsoever ".....So adorable!
@@buffmaloney 7 Eleven - where Marty McFly learned "Wild Gunman" and was a crack shot!
John Hughes took an ad out in several papers announcing EXTRAS NEEDED for the parade scene.. I didn’t go but remember seeing it in the Sun Times. I actually ended up meeting him at a bookstore in Northbrook court a year later and was nice enough to take the time to talk to me about Film ( I was a film student at Columbia at the time) he told me before Sixteen Candles he was never on a movie set and the gave me perhaps the BEST ADVICE I ever got as a student filmmaker which I’ll share with you and this is a quote, “Dont get caught up in the technical aspects of filmmaking. Everything begins and ends with the story. A movie can be poorly filmed but if the story is good? The audience won’t notice and even better? Won’t care”… I’ve shared this story with several colleagues who have worked with John who ALL said I must have caught him on a good day. He was notoriously moody and very aloof but I’ll always be grateful to this Icon for taking the time to stand there in a crowded bookstore to answer my questions.. RIP John and thank you!
Mia Sara in the 80s was next level beautiful
Oh, man, she was SO beautiful!! 💓
Legend
Mia Sara, Jami Gertz, Lea Thompson & Phoebe Cates were my top 80’s crushes! 😍
@@susanmaggiora4800 I'd add Elizabeth Shue and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Can't forget Amanda Peterson!
I enjoy the theory that this is all Cameron’s fever dream. But to me the more plausible and deeper idea is that Ferris planned this whole day MAINLY to help his troubled and depressed friend Cameron. Being Ferris of course, he also relished the idea of pulling off an elaborate scam on the school and his parents. But we can sort of save him from truly being an “asshole” if we take seriously that Ferris’ true motive is to stage a kind of mental health day for Cameron.
you wouldn't think that if they kept the deleted scene where ferris tells his father I bet you don't even remember where you put the bonds you bought genie and I just to get the cash for that day :D
@@sandrasnow-balvert7766 first off all those bonds he used were his own bonds, the dad just was holding onto them and two that was in a deleted scene so its not canon
@@houseofaction ummmm which is why I said it was a deleted scene and he didn't pay for any of them his dad put the money into them in their name to help with their retirement. Now tell me would ferris be a cool kid and fun with that scene or would we look at him as an asshole thief if the scene was kept in?
@@sandrasnow-balvert7766 If they rewrote the entire script, to where Ferris offed somebody, it would be completely different too. It doesn't really matter what they MIGHT have done or SHOWN us. We saw what they WANTED to show us, so we got what we got. I think you should just enjoy the movie that IS, not the movie that COULDHAVE BEEN or you imagined.
I've never heard any of the things you said, not do I like or agree with them. Also, I NEVER thought that Ferris was an asshole at all, just a kid who wanted to skip school, and being a kid who could actually pull it off. I've known many kids growing up that were just like this ... always getting pretty much what they wanted, without having to try. He hurt no one ... Rooney did it to himself.
The museum scene and music is so incredibly special to me.
I love that scene! I wanted to show more, but youtube kills you with the copyright!!
One of my favourite scenes in any film, gives me goosebumps and I still don’t know why.
@@CycolacFan Same for me! I always get so emotional in a way that's difficult to describe.
"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths. An instrumental version. Amazing song. Amazing scene.
I'm from Chicago, and its definitely not possible to do all the stuff Ferris did in a single day. However, I love this movie so it didn't stop my friends and I from trying lol. I was a teen in the late 90's and most people my age were huge fans of this movie, so it wasn't uncommon to plan a trip to the city with many of the elements from the movie involved. You could probably do it all if you had a full weekend.
Growing up in Chicago in the 90's, the movies we saw all the time that we loved (mostly because they were 'Chicago movies) were this and The Fugitive (Harrison Ford, another Chicago native).
Cubs game and Shedd aquarium is very possible, oktoberfest? Most happen in September, so the cubs would still be playing
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I could be worse. I remember watching The Blues Brothers again after visiting Chicago, and realising the car chase route made no sense after that.
@@RevStickleback I lived in the area where "Twin Peaks" was filmed & could not help but recognize they were driving down the road, then driving down the same road but from further back down the same stretch.
I was a "Cameron Frye" type person but good thing I had a "Ferris" type friend, we had fun.
John Hughes was apparently a quiet kid who listened more than talked, and observed more than participated, but had a great sense of humor... And this helped him understand how young folk talked and dreamed of doing things in funny ways...
I can't put my finger on why, but my favorite bit in this film has always been Cameron's scream and the cuts to the various statues... it's as though his angst and crisis are something that philosophers through all ages are contemplating
The line I still use - “ Ferris Bueller, your my hero “ whenever someone helps me. I’d guess around 75% of the time it gets a positive reaction.
you're* my hero.......
75% of the time it works 100% of the time
When you go to the top floor of the Sears tower, if you stand on the railing with your head against the glass, not only can you see the street below, but you can feel the building sway.
In my headcanon, Charlie Sheen's character in the police station scene is a young Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn.
As a result of this movie, "Twist and Shout" charted again in the summer of '86, reaching a peak position of 23.
The movie theater where I saw this had a handmade sign at the box office telling people to stay all the way through to the end ot the credits.
The movie came out the summer before I started high school. My high school experience ended up being very much NOT like this.
A reporter in Chicago recently tried to recreate Ferris' day off. It took her 3 months of planning to pull it off.
The walk through the Museum is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. The interaction with the elementary students and Cameron’s relationship with the small girl in the painting capture two book ends of life.
Somewhere here in the TH-cams, someone DID try and map out whether Ferris' day was possible. If I recall correctly, they did determine that *technically* it WAS possible, but you wouldn't have been able to "experience" any of the things they did (i.e. they could only spend an inning at the Cubs game, 20 minutes at the art museum, etc..)
I heard on the TH-cam'S that Chicago isn't real ..just a Hollywood backlot with fake buildings....kinda think I believe it.
My favorite seen is Rooney & his secretary & the quote: "He's a righteous dude".
"A person shouldn't believe in an ism. They should believe in themselves." Truer words for the 2020s were never spoken!
Deadpool Spoofs the post-credits scene in his first movie. You should watch 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" plus 1989's "Say Anything..."
Speaking of "Say Anything", "Better off Dead" and "Grosse Pointe Blank" are my favorite Cusack comedies.
Yes, you must watch ALL these movies...for they are worth it.
I like the nod to "War Games" when Ferris hacks into the school computer.
My favorite scene in this movie is when he's racing to beat his sister home and he passes two girls sunbathing and comes back to introduce himself.
If you like high school movies, try 3 O'Clock High.
I must also recommend 3 O'CLOCK HIGH.
@@Theomite Highest recommendation. Like the bizarro Ferris Bueller, he can't leave school and has to face his problems head on!
I agree.
The best part from the bus scene, is Rooney sitting with the girl with glasses. I still quote it to this day!!! She says, “Gummi bear? It's been in my pocket; they're real warm and soft.”
This movie had WAY TOO MUCH effect on me as a teen. It caused me to take off to NYC with my best friend for a day trip when we were both supposed to be in school. We had a Ferris adventure and he wrecked my car on the way back. Still best friends 35+ years later. And I can still do the opening monologue - used it to audition for years.
That's amazing!! haha I Would've loved this Ferris message when I was in school! (and Im glad you're okay after the wreck) haha
So many iconic things from this movie. Even the band "Save Ferris". I love John Hughes films!
My husband and my friends actually tried visiting all the stops that Ferris and co. did in the movie about 8 years ago as part of a Groupon deal that was doing a screening of the movie at Wrigley Field. We were able to do everything except visit the stock exchange, which was closed to the public, the parade (no parades that day) and the ballgame and it still took a full day to do everything (including the time driving back and forth to the suburbs).
ahhhh I would LOVE THAT. I want to do this!! I thought the ballgame might be hard because that's usually and all-day production in and of itself. This is so fun though!
Ferris Bueller’s day off is the perfect sick day movie to watch.
I'm a Breakfast Club man, but Ferris is up there in favorite Hughes films for sure.
For me its "some kind of wonderful".
I remember it being a big deal to hear Star Wars music in anything back then. You couldn't see Star Wars any old time, so just hearing the music briefly like this was awesome.
Same! Such a big deal. My parents took me to see this and I had the same reaction.
I remember renting Star Wars on video in/around 84 and Empire in 85. Saw this in theaters upon release and definitely had seen the original trilogy at home by that point.
John Hughes knew how to tell stories about high school life in the 80s, many of us who grew up watching his films wish we could be those kids.
I'm an 80s kid, and we were all so guilty of skipping school. No one thought we would die like Ferris, but especially our female teachers, we knew we were at home on a beautiful day getting our 'prom tan.' Skipping high school, especially your senior year, was easy. No one really cared. Our teachers were probably glad that we were gone! and they didn't have to deal with us in class. 🤣 I don't blame them. Having raised teenagers, I find it fun but not fun at the same time. We were ready to send them off to college.
Growing up in the 80s with all of these legendary movies was the best. We grew up at the same time they did from Breakfast Club until we graduated from college, but we didn't know what to do with ourselves in St. Elmo's Fire. We grew up in high school and graduated from college with John Hughes. We miss him. We could use him now as we are all grandparents. RIP Mr. Hughes - thank you for helping us through our teens in the 80s!
Hughes wrote a backstory for Charlie Sheen's character. He is the son of the potential real estate sale that Ferris' mom is trying to make.
there was also a dropped subplot about Sheen's character being a childhood friend of Ferris who had an upbringing almost exactly like Cameron but had a total meltdown, and he was trying to save his friend from that same fate.
And his character's name? Ricky Vaughn.
@@kevinramsey417 nope. Garth Volbeck
Edie McClurg. A Hollywood legend among actors.
For real.
Also loved her on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and as Herb Tarlek's wife on WKRP In Cincinnati.
@@kennethtilton6137 Also was in "Carrie" as one of students who taunted Carrie and was forced to extra work in gym class.
The actors who played Ferris’s parents met while making this movie and got married shortly thereafter. The marriage didn’t last but they did have two kids 🙂 If you do hear from an extra in this movie _please_ share it on your channel 🤗 Also Edie McClurg is a treasure 👏👏
I'll bet those kids are beautiful.
Jon Schnepp was an extra in this but he died a couple of years ago.
Cindy Pickett (DeepStar Six / Son in Law) & Lyman Ward (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge / Planes, Trains & Automobiles / Not Another Teen Movie); who divorced themselves 6 years later after their regretful appearance in Sleepwalkers?
The one time I tried to fake being sick to stay home from school, my mom saw through it and put me to work: "Since you're here, the house needs vacuuming, and while you're doing the laundry you can mop the kitchen floor; etc." Filled my day with enough chores to make school seem preferable!
When she first saw the principal, and kicked him, it all happened so fast that she didn't get a good look at him, so she didn't recognize him at right away.
In English class for my senior year I wrote a paper with an outline and timeline of how these events couldn’t have happened in one day and got an A on it. I actually tried a “Ferris Bueller” events day the only time I went to Chicago and it didn’t work out so stretched it out to a few days. Easily one of my favorite movies though.
I never had a stay home from school move. My parents were way too smart for that. But then again I was sick regularly as a child. Plus I wasn’t the kind of person Ferris is.
PS The musical scene was choreographed by Kenny Ortega. Aka the guy who directed High School Musical 1,2, and 3!
My dad got tired of me ditching and started dropping me off at the entrance to the school. Once or twice I just waited until he drove off, then turned around and walked a mile home.
Ferris has a Killing Joke banner in his room that I just noticed for the first time. Which is a pretty cool thing.
I saw this movie in school, probably a last day before Christmas or summer vacation, when I was in grade 6 or 7. I was one of the kids the teacher regretted showing this film to lol... took some of the underlying message to heart. Definitely one of my most quoted movies. Whenever I hear someone repeatedly calling someone’s name, I start saying “Bueler, Bueler...”. People look at me like I’m crazy
It's probably cuz ...YA' ARE KWAZEEEEE!......get better.
Another fun, quirky Chicago movie to watch is Adventures in Babysitting.
One of my friends is married to the guy who played Brad, the brother who is actually getting cared for by the babysitter.
@@iChristyD Your friend married Keith Coogan?! Awesome!! He's the grandson of Jackie Coogan and the basis of California's Coogan Act.
@@minty_Joe Yup! They got married on his grandfather’s (and also mine) birthday, October 26.
Keith really loved his grandfather.
Fun fact : the actors who played his parents got married after the movie.
How cute is that?
@@kwadwotuffour5529 Then they got divorced.
@@tempsitch5632 How realistic is that? 😂🤣👍🏾
Y’all are great 😊😆
The principal in this movie always made me uncomfortable as a kid and when I got older I googled him and ya he is a monster in real life and should spend the rest of his life in jail.
My parents were at work by the time my alarm for school would go off, so it was all on me from the get go! Skipping school is only fun if you're doing it with someone else, that's for sure. Otherwise its just depressing! lol
Shanelle, Ferris Bueller's Day Off was so influential in my life that the day I got drunk for the first time in my life - what happened at a winery, during my class's graduation trip from high school - I went up to the dinner table and I sang "Twist and Shout", with my class doing the chorus! It was a memorable day ... Here in Brazil the movie's name was "translated" into "Curtindo a Vida Adoidado", something like "Enjoying Life Like Crazy". I don't like these "translations" for movie titles, but this is one of those that most closely matches the film.
I actually don't think I've seen a Ferris Bueller reaction. So excited!
I've been on a "reaction channel" rabbit hole for about a month now; some reactors I really enjoy, others not so much. This is my first time visiting your channel, but I can already tell: You are for sure one of the good ones. Obviously you are coming at this with some film experience already; hearing you comment on film angles, editing techniques, etc. is super fun. There are simply SO many films that have been made over the past 100+ years; someone in their 20s, even an avid student of film, cannot be expected to have seen everything already; it takes time to soak it all in. I'm in my 40s, have seen LOTS of films, and yet there are still many films widely considered "classics" that I have simply not seen yet. And, of course, there are those favorites I have seen hundreds of times. ("Ferris.." is one of those favorites. Though it was made in the mid-80s, and I went through high school in the mid-90s, I feel a strong connection to the high school experience. You said much the same: this film transcends decade, speaking to some universals about the teenage experience.) Watching an avid film buff such as yourself enjoying these now-classic films from the past several decades is a joy. You "get it," and your commentary reflects your deep love of films. I look forward to watching your other reactions, and hearing what you have to say about them.
Good luck to you in your film-making ambitions!
My junior high school had a weird rule. If you got caught skipping school twice, they would (out of school) suspend you for two days.
School: Ditch! In my school!? You're out of here.
Student: 🙃 k
The one time I got caught skipping they gave me an option. Three days inside school suspension or two days outside. I managed to not break out laughing because I figured the Dean wouldn't understand the lunacy of the situation. I took the two days, they were the Friday before and Monday after Spring break.
I only got an out-of-school suspension once in high school. It was on opening day for the local baseball team.
Sure learned my lesson! 😁
This film is one of my go-to comfort films as well as one of my favorite films in general, because Matthew talking with the camera really allows me to be immersed in the story, plus the comedic acting and heartwarming moments between the three friends really help to put a smile on my face. I just love this movie!
This is John Hughes' masterpiece. This film is absolutely flawless and I never get tired of watching it. On a side note, THIS is how people dressed in high school in the 1980s! At least at my school. It wasn't all neon and big hair like Saved by the Bell. Mostly jeans and t-shirts for the guys. A lot of the cool girls dressed like Sloane. The biggest 80s fashion sins were committed by the adults at that time. We made fun of the guys who flipped their collars up.
Saved By the Bell started around 1988. Fashion from about 1981-1985 was relatively conservative compared to the 70's, late 80's, and early 90's.
I wasn't born yet when this film was made and I didn't grow up in the US but somehow it's still so relatable.
I love how much you enjoyed it!
For the record, no, you can’t make the odometer go backwards by driving in reverse. 🤦♀️
Shhhh.... ;-)
If you enjoy high school movies, you might know of a movie titled "High School Usa" the year was 1983.
Have you seen the Jerk? The scene where they sing and play instruments on the beach in one shot is amazing.
You're a joy to watch!
It is next to impossible for me to argue with Ben Stein's opinion on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." John Hughes' many films set in and around Chicago are essentially his love letters to a city he held so dear. They are masterpieces in their own rights. "Ferris Bueller..." is easily the culmination of John Hughes' work in the 1980s, if "Breakfast Club" isn't. One could consider both as the culmination of John Hughes in the 1980s. "Ferris..." brings together so many elements and tropes of Hughes' other films while staying unique, and you touched on some of those, particularly with the deep conversations they're having "amidst the punctuated comedy." (13:48) As I first started getting interested in film since I initially took a film study course in high school, I had already seen some of Hughes' work as a young child, and I just enjoyed it even then as a child can, but as I've grown, I've come to appreciate Hughes' work as a whole. Looking back on films like this one, I even tear up a bit, because they are films with living souls. They are injected with so much humanity, and they are made with love and with the utmost care and quality in mind.
When I was choosing a quote for my senior year in high school, I had no idea what I wanted to choose. I had seen others before me choose it, but it just felt right. I chose, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and take a look around once in a while, you could miss it." And how valid is that sentiment!? We do need to stop and smell the roses from time to time. It's just a must to allow ourselves to be overcome by the present as a rest stop on our journeys through life.
I didn't miss many full days in HS, but I did skip a bunch of 1st and 2nd-period classes and slept in. The key was, I became friends with the secretaries ('assistant' today, but I am old, and that's what they were called back then), especially the ones on reception and the Dean of Students... I could call in, say 'Oh, I'm feeling a little feverish, but I'm gonna pop an aspirin and drink some OJ and see if that helps", then snooze a couple extra hours. Didn't end up on the absent-from-class list.
The key was one time I did an all-nighter trying to study for a history test. Took it, then fell asleep in the lobby, missing post-class gym. Which was required, so it was reported I missed it. Turns out, the secretary saw me asleep as she was leaving and skipped me on the missed-attendance sheet the next day... I was at school, after all.
I was a child of 4 years old when this movie came out. I first watched it on VHS when I was about 6 or 7, around 1988 or 1989. The fact that I remember that ought to tell you something. Lol. I’ve watched it a million times since. It’s one of my favorite movies ever. Pure John Hughes 1980s goodness. Pure Chicago (even though I’m from Oklahoma). When I later visited Chicago, I remembered a lot of the spots and scenery from this movie. Lol. I remember the 80s enough to remember that this is what the 80s looked like, it was pretty rad, and this movie is iconic. And your reviews are FANTASTIC. You look at it with the eye of a filmmaker and a historian. It’s so much better than all these reviewers who just laugh at old movies and try to get likes and clicks. Good for you.
23:26 This shot is freaking amazing.
5:45 Staying home from school for me was easy - my mom left for work before I left for school. It was totally up to me if I skipped or slept in a bit & missed a class or 2. We did have to provide a parent’s note to the school the next day though, but my mom was pretty lax about them bc I got straight A’s, so there was no reason to get on my case about skipping. The best thing though was once I turned 18 during senior year, she just told the school that I was permitted to write my notes after skipping. After that point, some friends and I took several planned ‘vacation’ days where we’d drive out to the coast for a beach day or go to a Six Flags or maybe spend the day in San Francisco. They also re-released the original Star Wars trilogy in theaters that year and the entire senior class skipped school together to go watch each of those on their release days, even the quiet & shy kids who never skipped school or did rebellious stuff came along.
If you haven't already, please do Weird Science and Pretty in Pink.
This is one of my favorite movies! When my 3 older kids were about age 12-13, I started showing them my favorite 80s movies. This is one of their favorites. After I made them watch this, my oldest daughter invited all of her friends over and made them watch it too. They LOVED it!
Great John Hughes film to review is Weird Science
Hi Shanelle. May I suggest reviewing Raising Arizona.
Hey, I never realized that Jennifer Grey was married to Agent Coulson. They have a grown daughter & everything (she looks a lot like her mom).
How? Her Mom doesn't look like herself anymore
@@boghag Yeah, Jennifer Grey got a nose job and didn't look like herself anymore. She actually said it hurt her career, the opposite of what one would expect in most cases.
To this day an Official Soundtrack of this movie does not exist. There are downloadable Ferris Beuller compilations that people have made but not an official licensed cd.. Spotify also has a Ferris Bueller Compilation channel by someone. Twist and Shout was approved by Paul McCartney for the movie, however upon hearing the brass section added to the song he was not a fan. The movie was a #1 hit in the states for months and it propelled Twist and Shout back onto top 40 charts for 7 weeks that same year.... over 20 years past when it was originally released.
"What country do you think this is??" ... Classic 80's hit movie. It came out just as I was entering high school and may have lead me to skip a sunny day or two back in the day. Love it!!
16:26 "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", painted from 1884 to 1886 (and purchased by Art Institute of Chicago in 1924), is Georges Seurat's most famous work. The painting and the life of its artist were the basis for the 1984 Broadway musical "Sunday in the Park with George" starring Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Bride"). Check it out!
What was my stay home from school move in high school? "Mom, I need a mental health day. I'm not going in tomorrow." I was allowed 2 a semester.
Yes I was totally allowed to stay home!
My mom would have looked at me and laughed in my face. Plus, I don’t think the phrase “mental health” existed n 1992 when I was in high school.
@@pebblesanddirt Well, it was the phrase we used in my house in 1990. Mental health, personal day, same thing - I'm sleeping in and ain't going anywhere.
I got to skip any day we had a field trip. There would be no tests or assignments that day, and my mom could avoid paying for a ticket to whatever museum or other such place we were going, so it was a win-win.
The line that Ferris uses, "It is so choice..", was the most used word when I was in high school Lol
I recently realized that Farris is a classic Psychopath, though the writers probably don't realize it when they wrote him this way
Ohhh, man.
This has to be the best reaction video out there, not least because I've loved this film since it debuted.
And because your insights on filmography lift the whole experience.
It's also such a blast to watch your complete involvement, you're so invested.
Still watch John Hughes films now and then.
Wish I'd met someone like you back when . . .
Have you ever watched Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Directed, produced, co-written by, and starring Stephen Chow.
Fun, quirky, music, dance, weird, AMAZING.
Saw this in theatre in my teens and I loved it. A few years ago, I was travelling across the states and stopped in Chicago for a few days. I planned a day where I went to as many John Hughes locations as I could in one day. So, the Bueller school, water tower, the place where Cameron freaks out which also happens to be at the end of the road where the Sixteen Candles church is. I saw the Home Alone house, the building where ferris' mom works, The Modern Art museum and the Willis (formerly Sears) tower. A long but fun day! Glad you enjoyed it and you really seem to get Hughes' humour and story telling.
You should watch Dazed and Confused!
A movie I’ve seen a billion times and will a billion more, god willing. There is an amazing making of documentary on TH-cam and it includes interviews with the man himself...Hooterson.
The line reading of "You heartless wench!" is absolutely perfect. It's just serious enough without sounding mean. As well as using the word wench which is a great choice.
This is probably the first John Hughes I saw, but Breakfast Club will always be my favorite. Weird Science has slipped down the list in recent years, but remains one of JH's funniest movies too.
9 months too late but to add my two cents - Ferris Bueller is one of my family's favourite movies and we quote it all the time, especially my mum and I. I've also had shirts that say Save Ferris on them and they always get people in the know to smile! Now that I'm older, I can definitely appreciate it even more and it brings back one fun memory in particular. At my high school, we were allowed to have a day off school to visit universities if there was an open day, as long as we had parents permission. Well, I was semi curious about a school in London and I convinced my boyfriend to say he was interested too so that we could go. The tour was only twenty minutes or so and we spent the rest of the day walking around and playing in London, not getting back to school until dinner (boarding school) - our friends were BEYOND annoyed that we'd managed it!
You need 'Bad News Bears'... and 'Better Off Dead' and 'Once Upon a Time in the West'
I love this film, I always have. I'm in my early 50s ( for context ).
Deadpool spoofs the ending talking to the audience telling them to go home.
Love their visit to the art museum, from the music playing to the hand holding with the school children to Cameron's painful identifying with the sad child in the painting. Brilliant.
"Frohe Ostern" from Germany ! 🐰
The song playing @ 6:09 Is from '80s pre-techno Sigue Sigue Sputnik, "Love Missile F1-11." Loved that band, in high school!
I like how Shanelle appreciates cult classics before her time(assuming they are).
Ooooooh!!!....an unprovoked ageist attack! That STANG!
@@brettrobinson2901 Actually dude it was compliment.Don't be a snowflake, you'll live longer.
@@darthvril6429 I dig it!....still....I'M MELTING....melting...I was such a beautiful snowflake...now...I just a flake.😰
Thanks for discussing. Loved it since I first saw it in the late '80s/early 90s on home video. It's probably second on my list of favorite John Hughes filmes. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular (and movie buff)
This is the second movie that Matthew Broderick hack his school's computer to alter his records. The first was WarGames.
wish more would react to that movie. But maybe it just doesn't hold up with the fear we had back then during the cold war. Knowing nukes were always ready to go.
@@tomyoung9049 Yeah, it's weird when I hear young people say that people didn't have much to worry about during the eighties. It was a great time to be a kid, but the world was a much scarier place.
Hey Shanelle! This video appeared in my TH-cam feed today and then I watched your Blazing Saddles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High reactions and your first Q&A video. I'm so glad I found you, you have a really fun and interesting personality and I'm excited to watch more of your videos including your full length videos on Patreon. Keep up the great work! 😀
Have you seen L.A. Story? Don't know why I thought of it while you were watching this, but it is a great film. Steve Martin is in it. You may enjoy it.
I havent! Would love I bet. Thanks!
@@ShanelleRiccio YES!!! Ferris and LA Story are some of my favourite movies! PLease do!
The one line I used every since I saw this movie in high school, in the 80s, is the "niiine times" I find myself saying that every single time 9 comes up in a conversation.