
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker But he knows how to have fun which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness & talks his parents into letting him stay home from school The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck) into springing his girlfriend Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara) from class & the three embark on a raucous downtown Chicago adventure From Wrigley Field to the Art Institute of Chicago to a Polish pride parade Ferris & his friends make the most of their day off But Ferris Sloane & Cameron might not get away with playing hooky Ferris&s sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey) is determined to prove that Ferris is faking sick & make him pay for it & the bumbling school dean Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) is sure that Ferris is pulling a fast one Another classic from writer-director John Hughes (SIXTEEN CANDLES THE BREAKFAST CLUB) this film features a star turn from Broderick as the charismatic Ferris Watch for Charlie Sheen as the juvenile delinquent in the police station & comedian Louie Anderson in a brief appearance as a flower deliveryman Conniving Shermer Ill high school student Bueller spends his ninth school absence in the company of his kvetchy best friend Cameron & girlfriend Sloane tearing through downtown Chicago on a mad quest for fun The ruse seems perfect right down to Cameron&s dad&s borrowed Ferrari but Ferris& nemesis high school principal Ed Rooney is determined to bring the truants to justice