Ferris, the principal, and the Ferrari
Another John Hughes American 80’s teen movie. Starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck. The movie was shot at various locations and landmarks of Chicago, with Hughes writing the screenplay in a week. With a budget of $5.8 million, it grossed over $70 million at the ticket box.
Released in 1986, the film was later selected to be preserved in the National Film Library by the Library of Congress.
The movie
The lively, witty movie is set on the streets of Chicago. Broderick plays a young teen “rebel” who engineers a day off from school with his two friends. With a suspicious headmaster not falling for him being sick, he pursues the whereabouts of Ferris and his companions.
They set off to the city in the restored vintage Ferrari of his friend’s (Alan Ruck) father. As the trio goes about their day, visiting museums and sports events, the principal plays detective as he follows their trail, with comical disasters striking him as the day progresses.
