As computer geek who was geeking out on computers in the 80s, Wargames is my favorite Mathew Broderick movie. I got my driver's license in 1984 when I was 15 in South Carolina. We definitely had to take a test. I failed it 3 times because I can't parallel park. (I still can't). The age that you can get your license depends on the state.
I was in school around the same time (graduated in '83). For the Driver's Permit (in my state), you had to have taken Driver's Education, pass a written exam at the Division of Motor Vehicles, and be within 6 months of your 16th birthday. The permit allowed you to drive between 6am to ~8pm(?) if you had a fully licensed driver in the car with you. On or after your 16th birthday you could take the driving portion of the test at the DMV, and if you passed you got your full license, so didn't need anyone else in the car to drive.
From SC here too. Got my permit as a freshman in HS in 1992 @ 15. Could only drive during daylight hours so i could drive to school. Only had to take the written test for the permit but had to take the driving test @ 16 for the full license.
I got my license on my 16th birthday in Texas. We had to have drivers education in the classroom before school for a couple of weeks then actual driving with the instructor. My mother was from Alaska and she told me that when she was young the legal driving age was 14.
I'm in South Dakota and on the farm you could have a kid 10 years old driving a combine. But 14 is the standard for a permit until you test for your permanent license. I got mine at 15.
I played hooky from high school with a group of buds. We drove to Philadelphia, hung out on South Street and then Center City all day, then drove to the Jersey Shore. When we got back, the truant officer had visited our homes to track us down. We all got three days of in-school suspension and we spent those three days trashing the hallway, lighting shit on fire, breaking windows, and causing all kinds of mayhem. Somehow we never faced consequences.
This is one of the most iconic 80’s movies ever made and one of John Hughes’ most celebrated films. Fun fact: the man and woman who played Ferris’ parents met and fell in love while making this film and eventually got married. There’s a documentary called “Ferris’ Room” which chronicles how the characters bedroom was recreated in painstaking detail and then taken on tour for the films 30th anniversary. 17:15 And that’s not the Superman theme you heard, it’s the theme from Star Wars.
A comedic masterpiece. It's old, but never seems old to me. A timeless, relatable story that still resonates even in today's generation. The film's writer/director, John Hughes, was a genius. RIP.
Possibly John Hughes' finest work. I still want a sequel, where Ferris and Cameron have switched positions. Ferris and Sloane are work-obssessed, stressed-out drones, and Cameron is the laid-back, chill dude.
That's a great idea. It could be called "Cameron Fry's day off". I mean, he's secretly the main character here anyway. Ferris is just a human MacGuffin. Although they'll need some new characters too, since Alan Ruck is 66 (technically a boomer) and Matthew Broderick is 61, so middle age is far in their rearview mirrors.
@@Caseytify Don't go there. It's a mess. There's commas, dots, primes and spaces and whatnot, used every which way, all country-specific, though I'm sure there's at least one ISO standard format for it... We're communicating in English, so let's try to stick to conventions understood by English speakers.
Lol, I was just trying to convey that the car had not been driven 3000 miles (or kilometers) while the garage guys had it. Maybe I just should have said that 🥴
18:15 He saw the painting _A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte_ (1884-1886) by Georges Seurat, which became the basis for the musical _Sunday in the Park with George_ (1984) by Stephen Sondheim. So jealous!
When it comes to getting your driver's license, in the United States, it depends on which state you live in. I did get my license at 15 because we were from the south and we lived in a very rural area. But the national average is 16. And yes, you do have to take a test. There are driving schools you can go to to prepare for the test.
15 year olds can get a Hardship License if their home situation necessitates an additional vehicle in use. I used to teach drivers ed and more and more kids today don't even want to drive at all cause they don't want the responsibility, they can just Uber/Lyft, or they just use their phones instead of seeing people in real life.
A formal course used to be required - and they are still available - but in some states the parents may elect to sign off on the paperwork claiming they taught their own child. While this may be traditional in many ways, consider the too-busy or just don't-give-a-damn attitudes of too many people today who will just sign the paper when their kid doesn't even know what the blinking lights mean. So yeah, like pretty much everything else in the world today, the drivers are getting worse.
I live in the US. I took a driver's ed course in high school as it was free and count as a class. I was given a learner's permit beforehand. My biggest problem was parking, especially parallel parking. I failed the test to pass the class the first time, but was offered a second chance. Then I had to go to Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), take a written exam and then take a driving test.
Hi Dawn, A Matthew Broderick movie you gotta see is Glory (1989). He was trying to transition to a grown-up role in this true life story from the American civil war in the 1860's. Also, two movies almost no one has reacted to are Seabiscuit, a true story, and Pleasantville. Tobey MaGuire starred in them both. Promise you'll love them both. Honest!
Here in the US, the legal driving age is 16 or 17 depending on the state. You have to take not only a written test but also a road test w/ an instructor before getting a driver’s license. So glad you reacted to this movie!! This is a favorite that spans generations 😊
The juxtaposition of Cameron and the painting in the art gallery is sublime. For more Matthew Broderick I would recommend 2 films; WarGames (1983) and Election (1999).
Ferris Bueller is Hughes' best movie, and probably the best comedy of the 80s and one of the best "teen" comedies ever. The odometer had 301.7 miles on it, not 3000. They are thinking putting the car in reverse will take off the miles. This is a High School movie. Remember they were talking about going to college. Ferris' girlfriend is a year younger. The idea is that Ferris wants to get out and see life because it goes by so fast. That's why he took this "skip" day and went to a Cubs game, went to the Chicago Art Museum, went to the top of the Hancock bldg, to the trading at the Mercantile Exchange, ate at a fancy restaurant Chez Luis, took part in a Chicago downtown German parade etc. Re the houses you see in these Hughes movies, they are always set in the nice north Chicago suburbs, because that's where Hughes grew up. So those neighborhoods are definitely upper class families with money. Notice Ferris' parents both have careers. That's why they are so big. Save Ferris became a huge catchphrase in American culture. So did that boring teacher taking attendance "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller". There is a great making of show about how the movie was made and all the funny behind the scenes stuff. That guy who played the teacher said that 20-25 years after the movie people still yell out "Bueller Bueller" when they recognize him. Btw, during the filming of this movie, Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey became an "item", they were secretly dating during the filming and I think they were together for quite awhile. I wish you would have let the ending credits roll completely with Rooney on the bus. That was a unique way to end the movie and keep everyone in their seats. Weren't you surprised about Ferris talking to the camera at the end?? And you didn't say anything about how he talked to the audience throughout. That was rarely done until Ferris Bueller. I highly recommend the movie War Games with Broderick. A light hearted comedy about the real possibility of nuclear war. Very well done movie. Your laugh and big white smile are great!!
7:42 - The actor who played this teacher also played the character who attempted to bribe Kevin Costner in 'The Untouchables'. In fact, he actually calls him 'untouchable'.
A school semester (also called a term) is usually 18 weeks long. So, fall start date through Christmas holiday break is the fall semester, and the first week of January through late May or early June would be the spring semester.
The girl on the phone at 06:08 is my high school classmate, Kristin…it was our senior year of high school in Chicago. John Hughes actually had cast actress Kristy Swanson for that part, but they changed the shooting schedule at last moment, so my friend got the part. Hughes made it up to Swanson by writing the famous “my best friend’s, sister’s boyfriend’s girlfriend’s brother”scene for her “Simone” character…in the “Bueller…Bueller…Bueller” scene :)
FYI, Simone with the quote: "Um, he's sick. 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." Is played by the amazing Kristy Swanson who went on after this to play the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer alongside Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, and Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens. Excellent movie that should be seen. The parade scene is one of the all time greatest scenes in movies. Absolutely brilliant. One disappointment I have from this movie is that Mia Sara didn't go on to a bigger and better movie career.
You have entered the realm of John Hughes. His movies are amazing. The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful and Uncle Buck are gems but all his movies are fabulous too. Enjoy.
you did the "i am home!" i love it. it's particularly funny because when this was released a lot of people went to the theater but didn't wait through the credits and never saw this. so it's possible that with the changes in technology the joke may have been delivered to more people in there homes than not by now.
Exactly…most homes didn’t have VCR’s yet. My parents didn’t get a VCR until 1988. So if you were watching the movie during that time, it was in the theater.
Definitely check out Wargames (1983), Biloxi Blues (1988), Glory (1989) and Election (1999). Matthew Broderick is brilliant in all four of these great films.
"Everyone's so in their own world, nobody sees anything". That's a keeper, Dawn Marie! ☯️ And referring to yourself as an "adult child"? Well, ya can't get much more endearing than that! Wish that kind of self-awareness was highly contagious. Thanks much for another break from the gloom. God bless!
Matthew Broderick has been in a lot of movies. A couple of them that I think you would really enjoy would be: WarGames (1983) Sci Fi Action Drama Ladyhawke (1985) Fantasy Adventure Comedy Drama
I forgot he was in Ladyhawke. I actually have only seen it the one time for some reason, way back when. Whelp, there goes my evening, thanks for deciding on it for me :)
Another Matthew Broderick movie is Ladyhawke - no one has ever reacted to it and no one even knows it anymore, but it is an absolute 80's classic. Great job on this though. You are amazing fun to watch.
I'm Here to see you (Dawn Marie) React! The Movies are Great and your reactions ADORABLE! Whether it's Westerns, Comedies or Horror, if the Movies are good ones, I'll watch with you!
Our high school mostly had flat rooms, but there was at least one room that had tiered seating, and a few that were set up with long tables (instead of individual desks) and gas fixtures, in the chemistry/biology rooms.
Wow!! I'm laughing so hard. This was so funny. When she laughed, I was ALREADY laughing, usually. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. And after she kicked him the face three times and ran screaming up the stairs, i was almost crying.
Man, I LOVE your watchalongs, Dawn Marie! I think I have seen the entire movie, but in bits and pieces over time. I never saw it at the theatre, but unquestionably a classic. It really captures brilliantly 1980s high school culture....yes, high school. I can understand your confusion as the one classroom looked like a college / university lecture hall, but I'm guessing someone else here correctly identified the setting here. I don't understand the UK school system (still trying to understand the term "O-levels"), so we are even! Having been in high school when this film was released, although it was not my high school experience, it was a VERY accurate albeit hyperbolic representation of the middle-class, white suburbia American high school of the time. This movie is a great "feelgood" film, and so glad that you enjoyed it! Peace, dear Dawn Marie!!! You host the best watchalongs on the Internet!!!
I read somewhere that the producers of this movie put an ad in the Chicago paper calling for extras to be in the parade scene. They were hoping a couple of hundred people would show up. Instead they got a crowd of about ten thousand.
Dirty Harry is the Clint Eastwood police detective character. You need to react to the first three Dirty Harry movies. You'll love the way Dirty Harry deals with criminals.
I never had any wild adventures like Ferris, but I sure got away with skipping school for most part during my childhood. If there was a will I always figured out a way 🤣
18:55 STREET DANCING, in the behind the scene Ferris Buller the crew said alot of the street seen was just random people joining in spontaneously. I thought that was pretty cool.
Another pretty good 80's Matthew Broderick movie is "War Games", where he plays a computer geek and he has some fun with the NORAD (North American Air Defense) computer. sort of a comedy/adventure/action movie. Your reaction to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" was RIGHT ON!!!
I actually met him at a bookstore in Northbrook court in 1987 and he was gracious 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, “Don't get caught up in the technical aspects of filmmaking. Rely on the experience of your crew for that. Everything begins and ends on the written page. 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!
A fun reaction to a great movie... and while it was "just" a car, a similar car to the one represented in the movie recently sold for just over $18 Million. So, yea, I'm guessing Cameron's dad might be a little upset.
30:44 He was talking to the cinema audience. Remember, this was made in a time where home video was not yet the business it was in the 90's. And was one of the first to do an end credit.
You are an absolute delight !!! I recently discovered your channel and found it helped through my illness. Really loved that you found westerns and appreciated them. Subscribed to your channel to get a regular fix of someone who truly uplifts my day. Keep doing what you are doing. So you are on a comedy trip now. Let me help you out. Here are a few of my favorites from way back in the 2oth century that made me laugh, and I want to share them with you. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE, GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, & CADDYSHACK. I still love to watch these movies and hope you will enjoy them too. Also, Jennifer Grey's is the hit film DIRTY DANCING with Patrick Swayze.
"He looks like death warmed up" Charlie Sheen stayed up 24 hrs straight to get that look. "She can kick" Well she's a dancer. Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey both appeared in the original "Red Dawn", along with Patrick Swayze.
One of my all time favorite movies. I completely relate to Ferris. I was pretty much exactly his age when this movie came out. I had a friend like Cameron. A 6'4" hypochondriac who I had to beg, plead, bribe, guilt into giving me a ride all the time since I didn't have a car. I was a bit of an instigator at that age and I had an attendance problem, although I got decent grades. I just didn't have a girlfriend as hot as Sloane.
Very well done. I have always loved this movie since I lived my life in Southern Wisconsin, some 65 miles from Chicago. Between my parents taking me there as a kid, and going there to party whenever possible nowadays I have to tell y'all it's an amazing city. Unbelievable food, and very beautiful by the Lake.
Hi Dawn, I loved your reaction to this comedy classic, I love this movie and I'm here for the comedy too! I'm subscribed to your channel and have the post notification bell on. I love your reactions, you're adorable and gorgeous :) No, Dirty Harry (1971) isn't a western, it's a thriller that has Clint Eastwood in it as a detective trying to catch a maniac sniper - highly recommend! Also, another John Hughes movie I recommend is Weird Science (1985) it's hilarious.
The Bueller house in in California and the rest of the movie is filmed in Chicago. The High School they used was an abandoned high school back then. They used the school for Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck and Home Alone. They used Home Alone house for set’s because the house was tiny room for using film equipment. The high school now is a police station
I think it might be as much a "youngest child" thing than a "boy" thing (as I'm sure anyone with a younger brother could tell you)--when you're the baby of the family, you can get away with anything (and Ferris knows this and exploits it by baby-talking to his parents all the time). Also, the actor who plays Cameron (and looks like the 13 reasons kid) is the older brother in Succession, where he plays an emotionally stunted over-privileged man-child... so basically Cameron's dad. (Only in Succession he doesn't have a kid.) Anyways, love the reactions. Keep at it!
Good thing his last name wasn't "Wheel." the student on the left in the hallway at 5:49, is actress Jennifer Grey, who was in Dirty Dancing the very next year. She was 16 years old in this film.
Matthew Broderick is in another movie you might like called Glory. It's a historical drama and it has to do with the American Civil War. Thanks for the video.
In High school, my friend's parents used to own a liquor store, so he would steal hard liquor and we'd drink it on the way to school. My first class was driver's Ed (written, not "behind the wheel"). I actually got a commercial truck driving license for my first drivers license! Fun times.
Matthew Broderick has a great career. With all of the tension about possible nuclear war, "War Games" is a great movie of his to check out... a movie long overdue for a modern day reimagining.
This is a very fun high school movie. Totally unreal but totally fun. Really enjoyed your reaction and comments. Yes we get our drivers license between 15 and 16 depending on the state. I wonder how many times your kids have "fooled" you, hahaha.
They are seniors in high school in the suburbs of Chicago. Students can start driving at 16 years with another experienced driver. You need a driver's permit or a license. Ferris and Cameron are 17-18 years old in their last year of high school. Ferris and Cameron are from upper middle-class families. The house is typical for a suburban house. Houses, in general, are large in the US.
Matthew Broderick (Ferris) is known mainly for this and two other films, WAR GAMES and GLORY. And both are well worth your time to watch, GLORY especially (one of my top ten favorites from that era). Jennifer Grey (Ferris's older sister), as you mentioned, was huge after she starred in DIRTY DANCING. Then she made the fatal mstake of getting a nose job thinking it would help her career. It had the opposite effect, transforming her once very recognizable face into one that was notable only for how unremarkable it was. And it brings to mind the old saying, "If it aint broke, don't fix it." as her career was absolutely destroyed from that decision. As to the actor who played Cameron, the only part I've seen him in since was a small one as a bus passenger in the movie SPEED (which I think you saw). And Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) had a good career going for himself, for about 15 years after this, playing basically the same type of smarmy character in several other big movies. Then he got busted in Florida for child molestation. And that was the end of his career. A case perhaps of life imitating art.
Funny side story, the two garage attendants that took the car on a joyride after Ferris and friends walk away are getting a movie made about their adventure that day!
Hi Dawn- I recently discovered your channel and I love your reactions so far! I’m from the USA and if you’re like to see another great 80s funny movie I can highly recommend FAST TIMES AT. RIDGEMONT HIGH - it’s a classic 80s coming of age film that you would enjoy very much. I subscribed already! Hope u feel better!
The nurse was a singing telegram. Singing telegrams were once popular in America and were usually used to congratulate people on their birthdays or get wells for homebound people.
Great reaction, Dawn. Other Matthew Broderick films to check out are: 'War Games' 1983, 'Ladyhawke' 1985, 'Election' 1999 and 'The Producers' 2005, there are others but I think that these are the best.
The thing you have to keep in mind about Ferris.....he's a rich kid in a rich family. Cameron too. His family and house are very NOT representative of all American families.
Cameron's family is rich. Ferris family is upper middle class. Both parents work for the American dream this isn't rich, they just have more opportunities for their family this way, we have forgotten. A nice house in a nice neighborhood is all it was. And these neighborhoods were everywhere. You can tell it's not that rich fancy when he runs through the backyards. Just average and above. This was the 80s and every family strived for this. Now there are no nuclear families. No dads. This part of America failed cause everyone married in the 80s, 90s has died off. And no one is now. The truth hurts
4:11 I'm sure I'm not the only one to comment this - You start learning at 15, and then you take a test, and then you can get a license at 16. Most states have rules about driving under 18, like how many people can be in the car.
4:10 comment. 2 tests written and various possible occurrences actual driving in a preset area usually A course made for testing driving in that state sortta. And 16 A permit to learn driving...can only drive with an already during allowed driver.-Ernie Moore Jr.
If I had kids, I would wish their school principal was as dedicated to his job as Ed Rooney. Can you imagine a school administrator actually caring enough about his students to do what he did in this movie? He deserves a fucking medal!
Ferris and Cameron are 18 and seniors, while Sloan is 17, and a Junior. We get our permits at 15 & our licenses at 16. The parking garage attendants only added over 100 miles. The 3 white numbers are the miles, the yellow number is the tenths of a mile, so the car had 301 and 7 tenths of a mile when Ferris noticed. Also, I grasp that you said you're not a car person, but the car Cameron's dad had? Yeah, the book value on that car today with 150 miles on it is 17.5 MILLION dollars. Only 56 of them were ever made. Ferraris are a limited production brand, and the longer time passes, the fewer of them still exist, as people crash them, they breakdown, and parts are nearly impossible to get on a car that they only made 56 of 60+ years ago!
Bring it on to Texas! We would welcome ya!! Matthew Broderick did several really good movies Biloxi Blues, Glory and War Games are among his top movies (and this). The "be home by 6" was the typical time most parents would get home from work from their 8-5 jobs. Typical schools days in the U.S. are7:30-8:15 to 3:00-4:00 depending on State and age\grade of the child. The characters are in Highschool in the movie, senior year. Thus Cameron going to college next year. I believe ALL the actors in the movie were actually out of school (over 18) when filming this movie and Cameron was the oldest by far. Alan Ruck who played Cameron was ACTUALLY 29 when filming Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
04:10 Driving laws vary by state but generally it's 16 and you have to have a learners permit for a certain amount of time and then a written and driving test to get a full license
Since all three are graduating from High School this year, I'd say they are between 17 and 18 years old, which is old enough to have valid driver's licenses. In most US states you can drive by 16, and in some cases start to practice with a Learner's Permit at age 15.
Actually, there are several continuity errors about this. At one point, Cameron is said to be a year behind Ferris, but later in the movie, he talks about him and Cameron going to different colleges next year, but that Sloane "is as big a problem, as she's still got another year of high school." It seems those details weren't clearly hammered out from the start or were changed sometime during production. But, still, they'd have been 16-18 years old, as this is presumably the spring, and all three of them could have easily had driver's licenses.
In America the school year is know as as Ester, which is split up into 4 quarter terms known as semi-esters or as they are commonly referred to as 'semesters'. If you go to more than 2 schools at the same time they are called polyesters. This system was invented by the first US secretary of Education Ester Willams.
Cameron (Alan Ruck) has been in many movies and TV shows, but is likely most known for this movie, and the TV series “Spin City” along side Michael J. Fox from 1996 to 2002.
To see Matthew even younger, watch WAR GAMES (1983). Only three years earlier but he really looks like a teenager there. Very entertaining, suspenseful film.
That Ferrari 250 California is probably at least a $10m car, worth more than the entire movie's budget. It was most definitely a replica for the film, even the standing shots.
Driving age varries from state to state. For most states, it is 17, but you can get a learning permit at 16. You have to pass a few trsts. School was over at about 2:15. They had til 6:00 bc that's when everyone's parents got home from work.
I'm here for Dawn Marie's laugh. It's so contagious 😂
Not to mention that her smile lights up the room. 💓
@@SYLTales same and love ferris bueller's day off too😊
@@mikesilva3868 Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? 😁
Ikr? She's so damn adorable, I can't stand it!
@@mattslupek7988 were she not in a relationship, I'd fly to Scotland to court her. 💓
As computer geek who was geeking out on computers in the 80s, Wargames is my favorite Mathew Broderick movie.
I got my driver's license in 1984 when I was 15 in South Carolina. We definitely had to take a test. I failed it 3 times because I can't parallel park. (I still can't). The age that you can get your license depends on the state.
I was in school around the same time (graduated in '83). For the Driver's Permit (in my state), you had to have taken Driver's Education, pass a written exam at the Division of Motor Vehicles, and be within 6 months of your 16th birthday. The permit allowed you to drive between 6am to ~8pm(?) if you had a fully licensed driver in the car with you.
On or after your 16th birthday you could take the driving portion of the test at the DMV, and if you passed you got your full license, so didn't need anyone else in the car to drive.
From SC here too. Got my permit as a freshman in HS in 1992 @ 15. Could only drive during daylight hours so i could drive to school. Only had to take the written test for the permit but had to take the driving test @ 16 for the full license.
That brings back memories. I took the test in a huge Chrysler 300. Aced almost the entire test, and missed failing the parallel parking by one point.
I got my license on my 16th birthday in Texas. We had to have drivers education in the classroom before school for a couple of weeks then actual driving with the instructor.
My mother was from Alaska and she told me that when she was young the legal driving age was 14.
I'm in South Dakota and on the farm you could have a kid 10 years old driving a combine. But 14 is the standard for a permit until you test for your permanent license. I got mine at 15.
No one EVER had a skipped day like Ferris, but we all day dreamed about it. 😊
I played hooky from high school with a group of buds. We drove to Philadelphia, hung out on South Street and then Center City all day, then drove to the Jersey Shore. When we got back, the truant officer had visited our homes to track us down. We all got three days of in-school suspension and we spent those three days trashing the hallway, lighting shit on fire, breaking windows, and causing all kinds of mayhem. Somehow we never faced consequences.
Speak for yourself!! Short of being in a parade, my cut days were sorta epic 😂
This is one of the most iconic 80’s movies ever made and one of John Hughes’ most celebrated films.
Fun fact: the man and woman who played Ferris’ parents met and fell in love while making this film and eventually got married.
There’s a documentary called “Ferris’ Room” which chronicles how the characters bedroom was recreated in painstaking detail and then taken on tour for the films 30th anniversary.
17:15 And that’s not the Superman theme you heard, it’s the theme from Star Wars.
And i believe Alan Ruck and Jennifer Grey started dated during the filming of this?
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No, Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey were dating. They got in a serious car accident. People died.
A comedic masterpiece. It's old, but never seems old to me. A timeless, relatable story that still resonates even in today's generation. The film's writer/director, John Hughes, was a genius. RIP.
Possibly John Hughes' finest work. I still want a sequel, where Ferris and Cameron have switched positions. Ferris and Sloane are work-obssessed, stressed-out drones, and Cameron is the laid-back, chill dude.
I've had this exact same feeling, where its Cameron's turn to give Ferris a day off.
That's a great idea. It could be called "Cameron Fry's day off". I mean, he's secretly the main character here anyway. Ferris is just a human MacGuffin. Although they'll need some new characters too, since Alan Ruck is 66 (technically a boomer) and Matthew Broderick is 61, so middle age is far in their rearview mirrors.
This is one of my least favorite Hughes film.
Alan ruck is basically playing Cameron in Succession!
Didn't he do Vacation? Much better. And Weird Science.
3:53 Lol Dawn Marie. Am I alone in thinking _'If you don't know where your own hands have been, you don't deserve hands!'_
I know where my hands have been, and my hands know where I’ve been, and why we’re no longer allowed in certain places.
"Charlie Sheen's very wise"
first time that sentence has been uttered.
3:53 Best quote
" I can't think of anything worse than licking my hands. You don't know where they've been. "- Dawn Marie
That was 301.7 miles on the odometer, not 3,017. The last number measures tenths of a mile. That's why it's a different color 🙂
...though, it's a Ferrari. Could they be kilometers?
@@Caseytify Don't go there. It's a mess. There's commas, dots, primes and spaces and whatnot, used every which way, all country-specific, though I'm sure there's at least one ISO standard format for it...
We're communicating in English, so let's try to stick to conventions understood by English speakers.
Lol, I was just trying to convey that the car had not been driven 3000 miles (or kilometers) while the garage guys had it. Maybe I just should have said that 🥴
@@blechtic really it was fake Ferrari. There was a mustang chassis under the fake Ferrari body. Sacrilegious to reck a real ferrari.
Everybody gets this wrong. Watch any of the Airplane ones? They think the cab meter is over 10 thousand. Reactors don't understand decimals.
"Until six" is presumably when Cameron's dad gets home from work.
18:15 He saw the painting _A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte_ (1884-1886) by Georges Seurat, which became the basis for the musical _Sunday in the Park with George_ (1984) by Stephen Sondheim. So jealous!
When it comes to getting your driver's license, in the United States, it depends on which state you live in. I did get my license at 15 because we were from the south and we lived in a very rural area. But the national average is 16. And yes, you do have to take a test. There are driving schools you can go to to prepare for the test.
15 year olds can get a Hardship License if their home situation necessitates an additional vehicle in use. I used to teach drivers ed and more and more kids today don't even want to drive at all cause they don't want the responsibility, they can just Uber/Lyft, or they just use their phones instead of seeing people in real life.
If you are like 13 in some states you can get a farm license to drive.
A formal course used to be required - and they are still available - but in some states the parents may elect to sign off on the paperwork claiming they taught their own child. While this may be traditional in many ways, consider the too-busy or just don't-give-a-damn attitudes of too many people today who will just sign the paper when their kid doesn't even know what the blinking lights mean. So yeah, like pretty much everything else in the world today, the drivers are getting worse.
In my area, High Schools offer a course in driving. If you take it, getting a driver's license becomes a snap.
I live in the US. I took a driver's ed course in high school as it was free and count as a class. I was given a learner's permit beforehand. My biggest problem was parking, especially parallel parking. I failed the test to pass the class the first time, but was offered a second chance. Then I had to go to Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), take a written exam and then take a driving test.
The music during the car flying over the hill is from Star Wars which is composed by John Williams who also did Superman. This was a great reaction. 😊
Hi Dawn,
A Matthew Broderick movie you gotta see is Glory (1989). He was trying to transition to a grown-up role in this true life story from the American civil war in the 1860's. Also, two movies almost no one has reacted to are Seabiscuit, a true story, and Pleasantville. Tobey MaGuire starred in them both. Promise you'll love them both. Honest!
Agreed!
Here in the US, the legal driving age is 16 or 17 depending on the state. You have to take not only a written test but also a road test w/ an instructor before getting a driver’s license.
So glad you reacted to this movie!! This is a favorite that spans generations 😊
Wrong, dumbass.
It is literally 16 in all states.
The juxtaposition of Cameron and the painting in the art gallery is sublime. For more Matthew Broderick I would recommend 2 films; WarGames (1983) and Election (1999).
Election is a brilliant film that never seems to get any love.
@@TheJrr71 Finding Amanda is another brilliant underrated film of his.
Biloxi Blues
@move_i_got_this5659 It was more of a novelty, but it did get overlooked due to a whole bunch of other good movies coming out at that time period.
Ladyhawke. Not anything against War Games, for sure. Or Election for that matter.
Ferris Bueller is Hughes' best movie, and probably the best comedy of the 80s and one of the best "teen" comedies ever.
The odometer had 301.7 miles on it, not 3000. They are thinking putting the car in reverse will take off the miles.
This is a High School movie. Remember they were talking about going to college. Ferris' girlfriend is a year younger. The idea is that Ferris wants to get out and see life because it goes by so fast. That's why he took this "skip" day and went to a Cubs game, went to the Chicago Art Museum, went to the top of the Hancock bldg, to the trading at the Mercantile Exchange, ate at a fancy restaurant Chez Luis, took part in a Chicago downtown German parade etc.
Re the houses you see in these Hughes movies, they are always set in the nice north Chicago suburbs, because that's where Hughes grew up. So those neighborhoods are definitely upper class families with money. Notice Ferris' parents both have careers. That's why they are so big.
Save Ferris became a huge catchphrase in American culture. So did that boring teacher taking attendance "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller". There is a great making of show about how the movie was made and all the funny behind the scenes stuff. That guy who played the teacher said that 20-25 years after the movie people still yell out "Bueller Bueller" when they recognize him.
Btw, during the filming of this movie, Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey became an "item", they were secretly dating during the filming and I think they were together for quite awhile.
I wish you would have let the ending credits roll completely with Rooney on the bus. That was a unique way to end the movie and keep everyone in their seats. Weren't you surprised about Ferris talking to the camera at the end?? And you didn't say anything about how he talked to the audience throughout. That was rarely done until Ferris Bueller. I highly recommend the movie War Games with Broderick. A light hearted comedy about the real possibility of nuclear war. Very well done movie.
Your laugh and big white smile are great!!
"Charlie Sheen's very wise" said no one, ever.
7:42 - The actor who played this teacher also played the character who attempted to bribe Kevin Costner in 'The Untouchables'. In fact, he actually calls him 'untouchable'.
This is the Dawn of your 80's movies Pandora's Box... Now you have to see The Breakfast Club. It's a MUST...
Such an iconic 80s classic! I ran right out and bought the 12" single of "Oh Yeah" by Yello 😎
A school semester (also called a term) is usually 18 weeks long. So, fall start date through Christmas holiday break is the fall semester, and the first week of January through late May or early June would be the spring semester.
The girl on the phone at 06:08 is my high school classmate, Kristin…it was our senior year of high school in Chicago.
John Hughes actually had cast actress Kristy Swanson for that part, but they changed the shooting schedule at last moment, so my friend got the part. Hughes made it up to Swanson by writing the famous “my best friend’s, sister’s boyfriend’s girlfriend’s brother”scene for her “Simone” character…in the “Bueller…Bueller…Bueller” scene :)
FYI, Simone with the quote: "Um, he's sick. 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." Is played by the amazing Kristy Swanson who went on after this to play the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer alongside Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, and Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens. Excellent movie that should be seen.
The parade scene is one of the all time greatest scenes in movies. Absolutely brilliant.
One disappointment I have from this movie is that Mia Sara didn't go on to a bigger and better movie career.
"Very clever. He's still a little shit though..." 😂 Dawn, you make me smile
You have entered the realm of John Hughes. His movies are amazing. The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful and Uncle Buck are gems but all his movies are fabulous too. Enjoy.
21:01 "Wait, who did _you_ think that was?" They both thought they were catching Ferris.
you did the "i am home!" i love it. it's particularly funny because when this was released a lot of people went to the theater but didn't wait through the credits and never saw this. so it's possible that with the changes in technology the joke may have been delivered to more people in there homes than not by now.
Exactly…most homes didn’t have VCR’s yet. My parents didn’t get a VCR until 1988. So if you were watching the movie during that time, it was in the theater.
Definitely check out Wargames (1983), Biloxi Blues (1988), Glory (1989) and Election (1999). Matthew Broderick is brilliant in all four of these great films.
Biloxi Blues is one of my all time favourite movies!
"Everyone's so in their own world, nobody sees anything". That's a keeper, Dawn Marie! ☯️ And referring to yourself as an "adult child"? Well, ya can't get much more endearing than that! Wish that kind of self-awareness was highly contagious. Thanks much for another break from the gloom. God bless!
Matthew Broderick has been in a lot of movies. A couple of them that I think you would really enjoy would be:
WarGames (1983) Sci Fi Action Drama
Ladyhawke (1985) Fantasy Adventure Comedy Drama
I forgot he was in Ladyhawke. I actually have only seen it the one time for some reason, way back when. Whelp, there goes my evening, thanks for deciding on it for me :)
Concur. Those are two of my (other) fave Broderick flicks from this era.
Biloxi Blues
The Producers
Project X. This movie made me love chimps ❤🙊
The Freshman
Another Matthew Broderick movie is Ladyhawke - no one has ever reacted to it and no one even knows it anymore, but it is an absolute 80's classic. Great job on this though. You are amazing fun to watch.
It's a fantastic movie.
I love all your reactions. But your smile and laugh, makes everything soooooo much more fun.
I'm Here to see you (Dawn Marie) React! The Movies are Great and your reactions ADORABLE! Whether it's Westerns, Comedies or Horror, if the Movies are good ones, I'll watch with you!
Our high school mostly had flat rooms, but there was at least one room that had tiered seating, and a few that were set up with long tables (instead of individual desks) and gas fixtures, in the chemistry/biology rooms.
I love when Dawn Marie laughs. It's the best part of my day.
Wow!! I'm laughing so hard. This was so funny. When she laughed, I was ALREADY laughing, usually. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. And after she kicked him the face three times and ran screaming up the stairs, i was almost crying.
Esta comedia de los 80s fué sensación en todo el mundo. Actores que se hicieron famosos gracias a esta película.
Man, I LOVE your watchalongs, Dawn Marie! I think I have seen the entire movie, but in bits and pieces over time. I never saw it at the theatre, but unquestionably a classic. It really captures brilliantly 1980s high school culture....yes, high school. I can understand your confusion as the one classroom looked like a college / university lecture hall, but I'm guessing someone else here correctly identified the setting here. I don't understand the UK school system (still trying to understand the term "O-levels"), so we are even! Having been in high school when this film was released, although it was not my high school experience, it was a VERY accurate albeit hyperbolic representation of the middle-class, white suburbia American high school of the time. This movie is a great "feelgood" film, and so glad that you enjoyed it! Peace, dear Dawn Marie!!! You host the best watchalongs on the Internet!!!
Matthew Broderick was 24 when this movie was made. Even crazier, Alan Ruck (Cameron) was 29!
And Mia Sara was 17
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NO she wasn't, dumbass.
She was 18.
This film was released only 6 days before her 19th birthday, idiot.
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Almost jailbait. Maybe that's why Matthew hit on Jennifer Grey instead.
I read somewhere that the producers of this movie put an ad in the Chicago paper calling for extras to be in the parade scene. They were hoping a couple of hundred people would show up. Instead they got a crowd of about ten thousand.
YOU are all the comedy we need! Everything else is second rate.
22:30 That is a singing telegram, which used to be a popular novelty method for sending messages to people. 😄
*Candygram*
Dirty Harry is the Clint Eastwood police detective character. You need to react to the first three Dirty Harry movies. You'll love the way Dirty Harry deals with criminals.
28:18 - Note - Check out the registrations of the cars featured in the movie, they each allude to other John Hughes movies.
I never had any wild adventures like Ferris, but I sure got away with skipping school for most part during my childhood. If there was a will I always figured out a way 🤣
18:55 STREET DANCING, in the behind the scene Ferris Buller the crew said alot of the street seen was just random people joining in spontaneously. I thought that was pretty cool.
Another pretty good 80's Matthew Broderick movie is "War Games", where he plays a computer geek and he has some fun with the NORAD (North American Air Defense) computer. sort of a comedy/adventure/action movie. Your reaction to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" was RIGHT ON!!!
Would watch that one a lot in computer class in middle school.
I actually met him at a bookstore in Northbrook court in 1987 and he was gracious 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, “Don't get caught up in the technical aspects of filmmaking. Rely on the experience of your crew for that. Everything begins and ends on the written page. 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!
A fun reaction to a great movie... and while it was "just" a car, a similar car to the one represented in the movie recently sold for just over $18 Million. So, yea, I'm guessing Cameron's dad might be a little upset.
30:44
He was talking to the cinema audience. Remember, this was made in a time where home video was not yet the business it was in the 90's. And was one of the first to do an end credit.
You are an absolute delight !!! I recently discovered your channel and found it helped through my illness. Really loved that you found westerns and appreciated them. Subscribed to your channel to get a regular fix of someone who truly uplifts my day. Keep doing what you are doing. So you are on a comedy trip now. Let me help you out. Here are a few of my favorites from way back in the 2oth century that made me laugh, and I want to share them with you.
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT,
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE,
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM,
& CADDYSHACK.
I still love to watch these movies and hope you will enjoy them too.
Also, Jennifer Grey's is the hit film DIRTY DANCING with Patrick Swayze.
"He looks like death warmed up"
Charlie Sheen stayed up 24 hrs straight to get that look.
"She can kick"
Well she's a dancer.
Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey both appeared in the original "Red Dawn", along with Patrick Swayze.
One of my all time favorite movies. I completely relate to Ferris. I was pretty much exactly his age when this movie came out. I had a friend like Cameron. A 6'4" hypochondriac who I had to beg, plead, bribe, guilt into giving me a ride all the time since I didn't have a car. I was a bit of an instigator at that age and I had an attendance problem, although I got decent grades. I just didn't have a girlfriend as hot as Sloane.
22:26 - Three hundred and one miles. The extra (yellow) digit displays 'tenths' of a mile.
Very well done. I have always loved this movie since I lived my life in Southern Wisconsin, some 65 miles from Chicago. Between my parents taking me there as a kid, and going there to party whenever possible nowadays I have to tell y'all it's an amazing city. Unbelievable food, and very beautiful by the Lake.
He was also in " The Freshman " & " GLORY "
Hi Dawn, I loved your reaction to this comedy classic, I love this movie and I'm here for the comedy too! I'm subscribed to your channel and have the post notification bell on. I love your reactions, you're adorable and gorgeous :) No, Dirty Harry (1971) isn't a western, it's a thriller that has Clint Eastwood in it as a detective trying to catch a maniac sniper - highly recommend! Also, another John Hughes movie I recommend is Weird Science (1985) it's hilarious.
The Bueller house in in California and the rest of the movie is filmed in Chicago. The High School they used was an abandoned high school back then. They used the school for Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck and Home Alone. They used Home Alone house for set’s because the house was tiny room for using film equipment. The high school now is a police station
What do you mean you dont know where your hands have been? Who else but you knows where your hands have been?
The people who played Ferris' parents actually fell in love and got married after the film.
*Ferris's, dumbass.
Mathew Brodrick in " Glory". Award winning true story. Not a comedy but you will love it. Keep laughing. Love the reaction.
I think it might be as much a "youngest child" thing than a "boy" thing (as I'm sure anyone with a younger brother could tell you)--when you're the baby of the family, you can get away with anything (and Ferris knows this and exploits it by baby-talking to his parents all the time). Also, the actor who plays Cameron (and looks like the 13 reasons kid) is the older brother in Succession, where he plays an emotionally stunted over-privileged man-child... so basically Cameron's dad. (Only in Succession he doesn't have a kid.)
Anyways, love the reactions. Keep at it!
Ferris is OLDER than Genie, dumbass.
Ferris and Cameron are in their graduating year, idiot.
Either that or they are twins.
Unexpectedly wholesome Charlie Sheen offering sensible life advice. You love to see it! ^_^
This isn't just a comedy, it's a legendary classic; Loved by old and young alike. You certainly did very well avoiding this film your whole life.
Good thing his last name wasn't "Wheel." the student on the left in the hallway at 5:49, is actress Jennifer Grey, who was in Dirty Dancing the very next year. She was 16 years old in this film.
Matthew Broderick is in another movie you might like called Glory. It's a historical drama and it has to do with the American Civil War. Thanks for the video.
That is a seriously underrated movie! Lots of big names and it besides Matthew Broderick too. And definitely one of the most heartbreaking endings.
In High school, my friend's parents used to own a liquor store, so he would steal hard liquor and we'd drink it on the way to school. My first class was driver's Ed (written, not "behind the wheel"). I actually got a commercial truck driving license for my first drivers license! Fun times.
Matthew Broderick has a great career. With all of the tension about possible nuclear war, "War Games" is a great movie of his to check out... a movie long overdue for a modern day reimagining.
And 1 year later he added even more tension when he killed two woman in Northern Ireland.
Texas would have been lucky to have you. Love your laugh and sense of humor.
This is a very fun high school movie. Totally unreal but totally fun. Really enjoyed your reaction and comments. Yes we get our drivers license between 15 and 16 depending on the state. I wonder how many times your kids have "fooled" you, hahaha.
They are seniors in high school in the suburbs of Chicago.
Students can start driving at 16 years with another experienced driver. You need a driver's permit or a license. Ferris and Cameron are 17-18 years old in their last year of high school.
Ferris and Cameron are from upper middle-class families.
The house is typical for a suburban house. Houses, in general, are large in the US.
Matthew Broderick (Ferris) is known mainly for this and two other films, WAR GAMES and GLORY. And both are well worth your time to watch, GLORY especially (one of my top ten favorites from that era).
Jennifer Grey (Ferris's older sister), as you mentioned, was huge after she starred in DIRTY DANCING. Then she made the fatal mstake of getting a nose job thinking it would help her career. It had the opposite effect, transforming her once very recognizable face into one that was notable only for how unremarkable it was. And it brings to mind the old saying, "If it aint broke, don't fix it." as her career was absolutely destroyed from that decision.
As to the actor who played Cameron, the only part I've seen him in since was a small one as a bus passenger in the movie SPEED (which I think you saw).
And Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) had a good career going for himself, for about 15 years after this, playing basically the same type of smarmy character in several other big movies. Then he got busted in Florida for child molestation. And that was the end of his career. A case perhaps of life imitating art.
Alan Ruck, who played Cameron, was also in Young guns 2 as one of the main characters he played Hendry William French.
Funny side story, the two garage attendants that took the car on a joyride after Ferris and friends walk away are getting a movie made about their adventure that day!
Hi Dawn- I recently discovered your channel and I love your reactions so far! I’m from the USA and if you’re like to see another great 80s funny movie I can highly recommend FAST TIMES AT. RIDGEMONT HIGH - it’s a classic 80s coming of age film that you would enjoy very much. I subscribed already! Hope u feel better!
The sister was also in a war movie called " Red Dawn " with Charlie Sheen & Patrick Swayze and other actors .
Mia Sara was the most beautiful of all the 80s teen comedy actresses. Yes, even more than Phoebe Cates in Fast Times
The nurse was a singing telegram. Singing telegrams were once popular in America and were usually used to congratulate people on their birthdays or get wells for homebound people.
That was a Dirty Singing Telegram.
Please watch Caveman, 1982, Ringo Starr, Shelley Long. A goofball comedy that will have you rolling on the floor laughing!😂
Great reaction, Dawn.
Other Matthew Broderick films to check out are: 'War Games' 1983, 'Ladyhawke' 1985, 'Election' 1999 and 'The Producers' 2005, there are others but I think that these are the best.
The thing you have to keep in mind about Ferris.....he's a rich kid in a rich family. Cameron too.
His family and house are very NOT representative of all American families.
This happens a lot in American movies. And TV.
Cameron's family is rich. Ferris family is upper middle class. Both parents work for the American dream this isn't rich, they just have more opportunities for their family this way, we have forgotten. A nice house in a nice neighborhood is all it was. And these neighborhoods were everywhere. You can tell it's not that rich fancy when he runs through the backyards. Just average and above. This was the 80s and every family strived for this. Now there are no nuclear families. No dads. This part of America failed cause everyone married in the 80s, 90s has died off. And no one is now. The truth hurts
4:11 I'm sure I'm not the only one to comment this - You start learning at 15, and then you take a test, and then you can get a license at 16. Most states have rules about driving under 18, like how many people can be in the car.
4:10 comment. 2 tests written and various possible occurrences actual driving in a preset area usually A course made for testing driving in that state sortta. And 16 A permit to learn driving...can only drive with an already during allowed driver.-Ernie Moore Jr.
If I had kids, I would wish their school principal was as dedicated to his job as Ed Rooney. Can you imagine a school administrator actually caring enough about his students to do what he did in this movie? He deserves a fucking medal!
Ben Jauron: That's one way to think about it. haha
That's stupid ha ha
We love watching movies with you Dawn Marie, Thanks for sharing with us.
Im so in love with Dawn Marie's laugh and accent they r incredible combination with any and every movie she watches
Ferris and Cameron are 18 and seniors, while Sloan is 17, and a Junior. We get our permits at 15 & our licenses at 16. The parking garage attendants only added over 100 miles. The 3 white numbers are the miles, the yellow number is the tenths of a mile, so the car had 301 and 7 tenths of a mile when Ferris noticed. Also, I grasp that you said you're not a car person, but the car Cameron's dad had? Yeah, the book value on that car today with 150 miles on it is 17.5 MILLION dollars. Only 56 of them were ever made. Ferraris are a limited production brand, and the longer time passes, the fewer of them still exist, as people crash them, they breakdown, and parts are nearly impossible to get on a car that they only made 56 of 60+ years ago!
Absolutely Great Reaction. So much fun laughing with you.
Bring it on to Texas! We would welcome ya!! Matthew Broderick did several really good movies Biloxi Blues, Glory and War Games are among his top movies (and this). The "be home by 6" was the typical time most parents would get home from work from their 8-5 jobs. Typical schools days in the U.S. are7:30-8:15 to 3:00-4:00 depending on State and age\grade of the child.
The characters are in Highschool in the movie, senior year. Thus Cameron going to college next year. I believe ALL the actors in the movie were actually out of school (over 18) when filming this movie and Cameron was the oldest by far. Alan Ruck who played Cameron was ACTUALLY 29 when filming Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
04:10 Driving laws vary by state but generally it's 16 and you have to have a learners permit for a certain amount of time and then a written and driving test to get a full license
Dawn Marie, you ABSOLUTELY have to watch and react to Fletch. One of the best Chevy Chase comedies from the 1980s.
I believe this was Mia Sara's 2nd film. Year before she was in legend with Tom cruise. Great movie as well
Since all three are graduating from High School this year, I'd say they are between 17 and 18 years old, which is old enough to have valid driver's licenses. In most US states you can drive by 16, and in some cases start to practice with a Learner's Permit at age 15.
Actually, there are several continuity errors about this. At one point, Cameron is said to be a year behind Ferris, but later in the movie, he talks about him and Cameron going to different colleges next year, but that Sloane "is as big a problem, as she's still got another year of high school." It seems those details weren't clearly hammered out from the start or were changed sometime during production. But, still, they'd have been 16-18 years old, as this is presumably the spring, and all three of them could have easily had driver's licenses.
In America the school year is know as as Ester, which is split up into 4 quarter terms known as semi-esters or as they are commonly referred to as 'semesters'. If you go to more than 2 schools at the same time they are called polyesters. This system was invented by the first US secretary of Education Ester Willams.
Cameron (Alan Ruck) has been in many movies and TV shows, but is likely most known for this movie, and the TV series “Spin City” along side Michael J. Fox from 1996 to 2002.
80’s movies hit different, and The Last Starfighter (1984) has that 80’s magic.
To see Matthew even younger, watch WAR GAMES (1983). Only three years earlier but he really looks like a teenager there. Very entertaining, suspenseful film.
That Ferrari 250 California is probably at least a $10m car, worth more than the entire movie's budget. It was most definitely a replica for the film, even the standing shots.
Driving age varries from state to state. For most states, it is 17, but you can get a learning permit at 16. You have to pass a few trsts. School was over at about 2:15. They had til 6:00 bc that's when everyone's parents got home from work.
School let out at 3:00 in Ohio (15:00 in Scotland)