Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, and his best friend, Cameron Frye, take the day off school to gallivant around Chicago. The trio has an interesting day around the city. Numerous times there are close calls with them nearly getting caught. Sears Tower, Cubs game, lunch at a fancy restaurant, Commodities Exchange, and the Art Institute are just a few of the places they visit while enjoying their day off. During the day, we see the three of them grow slightly, and we see them come to realizations about who they are. In the end, Ferris has a successful day off, and his two nemeses fail in their attempts to thwart him.
A movie must have a perfect setting. “” accomplished this task with using Chicago as its backdrop. John Hughes, the writer and director, chose Chicago because it was his hometown, and he felt obliged to showcase it. Most of his successful movies took place in or around Chicago. This let him feel more comfortable in the surroundings. When we first learn the trio is ...

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has its own place. The desk is very clean and neat except for one little speck of dirt. Rooney proceeds to knock the one speck from his desk. The other characters included within the movie further develop the setting of typical high school life. Rooney’s assistant is the kind of woman who is a little slow witted, stashes pencils within her hair, and sniffs White Out. Ferris’ parents are both shown as over concerned somewhat gullible people who believe their son is just a little angel. The two actors who played the parents were actually in love at the time of filming. They were married shortly after the movie was done. This honest love helped in scenes where the two interacted with ...

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