Director
John Hughes
Leading Actors/Actresses
Matthew Broderick
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Cameron Frye, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Gray
Genre
Comedy
Language
English
Awards
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe
Date of Release
1986
Producer
John Hughes, Tom Jacobson
Setting and Context
A day where Ferris plays hooky from school. Present day 1986
Narrator and Point of View
POV and Narrator is Ferris.
Tone and Mood
Comedic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is Ferris. Antagonist is Mr. Rooney and Jeanie
Major Conflict
Ferris decides to play hooky from school, and his principal and sister want to catch him so that he won't be able to finish high school and be forced to take his senior year over.
Climax
Ferris narrowly makes it home before his parents. Rooney is at his house to give proof Bueller's lying to his parents, but Jeanie thwarts his attempt by standing up for her brother.
Foreshadowing
Cameron's not wanting to drive his dad's Ferrari foreshadows something bad happening to it.
Understatement
It is understated that Jeanie will help her brother.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to a culture of kids who don't believe that school is the place where life is lived and lessons are learned, rather experiencing the world is most important.
Paradox
Jeanie hates her brother for always getting away with things when she doesn't. Paradoxically, she chooses to save him from Rooney rather than give him up.
Parallelism
Rooney's making fun of Sloane's dad when he believes it to be Bueller parallels his sneaking into Bueller's home as it all relates to him attempting to call out Ferris as a liar.
