Prosperdick said:

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That movie was a landmark film for me as a teenager. I left the theater thinking Ferris was the coolest guy on the planet and every girl I knew thought Sloane was the epitome of teenage girl chic.

My wife even named our daughter after Sloane Peterson.

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It's funny b/c that was probably the last time Matthew Broderick was cool. For 30 years he's been one of the dorkiest actors in the world.

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Broderick and Winkler, two peas in a pod.

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beanbean said:

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Prosperdick said:

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NoahAg said:

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bonfarr said:

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That movie was a landmark film for me as a teenager. I left the theater thinking Ferris was the coolest guy on the planet and every girl I knew thought Sloane was the epitome of teenage girl chic.

My wife even named our daughter after Sloane Peterson.

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It's funny b/c that was probably the last time Matthew Broderick was cool. For 30 years he's been one of the dorkiest actors in the world.

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Broderick and Winkler, two peas in a pod.

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100% spot on. It's crazy that Happy Days ran until 1984, but Winkler already played kind of a dork in the 1982 movie Nightshift.

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Ferris and the McCallisters also live in the same suburb.

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Yeah, this was a good, fun movie. Certainly on the "80s movies" Mt Rushmore, in my opinion. I'd put Better Off Dead up there as well.

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Chuck Cunningham said:

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Sponge said:

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An L of an Ag said:

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Yeah, this was a good, fun movie. Certainly on the "80s movies" Mt Rushmore, in my opinion. I'd put Better Off Dead up there as well.

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That's Choizen from Karate Kid 2 and Cobra Kai.

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NoahAg said:

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Finally, Cameron's dad had to have killed him when he got home, right??

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Prosperdick said:

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An L of an Ag said:

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Yeah, this was a good, fun movie. Certainly on the "80s movies" Mt Rushmore, in my opinion. I'd put Better Off Dead up there as well.

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That's Choizen from Karate Kid 2 and Cobra Kai.

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maroon barchetta said:

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Winkler didn't kill someone while driving drunk in the U.K. like Broderick. That didn't help Broderick much for years.

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Jennifer Aniston as Jeannie Bueller!! I forgot she was in that!

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You mean Jennifer "Baby" Gray. And a funny cameo by Charlie Sheen with her.

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Drugs?
No thanks.
No, I mean are you in for drugs?

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That scene with Jennifer Gray and Charlie Sheen is favorite part of the whole movie.

BOY: Drugs?
JEANIE: No, thank you. I'm straight.
BOY: I meant, are you here for drugs?

JEANIE: Why are you here?
BOY: Drugs.
JEANIE: I don't know why I'm here.
BOY: Then why don't you go home?
JEANIE: Why don't you put your thumb up your butt?

BOY: You want to talk about your problem?
JEANIE: With you? Are you serious?
BOY: Yeah, I'm serious.
JEANIE: Blow yourself.

JEANIE: You really want to know what's wrong?
JEANIE: Alright. If you've got the time, I've got the troubles. In a nutshell, I hate my brother. How's that?
BOY: That's cool. Did you shoot him or something?
JEANIE: No, not yet.

JEANIE: I went home to confirm that the ****head was ditching school and a guy broke into the house and I called the cops and they picked me up for making a phony phone call.
BOY: What do you care if your brother ditches school?
JEANIE: Why should he get to ditch school when everybody else has to go?
BOY: You could ditch.
JEANIE: I'd get caught.
BOY: So, you're pissed at him because he ditches and doesn't get caught?
JEANIE: Basically.

BOY: Then your problem is you.
JEANIE: Excuse me?
BOY: Excuse you. You oughta spend a little more time dealing with yourself and a little less time worrying about what your brother does. It's just an opinion.

BOY: There's somebody you should talk to.
JEANIE: If you say Ferris Bueller, you lose a testicle.
BOY: You know him?

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double aught said:

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So many great moments in this movie. Just a couple:

• The great synth/drum machine score that swells when Cameron talks about facing his dad after killing the car.
• Ferris furiously racing to beat his parents home but stopping to chat up the two girls in bikinis.

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Aust Ag said:

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double aught said:

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So many great moments in this movie. Just a couple:

• The great synth/drum machine score that swells when Cameron talks about facing his dad after killing the car.
• Ferris furiously racing to beat his parents home but stopping to chat up the two girls in bikinis.

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Didn't he actually run past the girls (because he was running so fast), then circled back. Genius.

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Aust Ag said:

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double aught said:

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So many great moments in this movie. Just a couple:

• The great synth/drum machine score that swells when Cameron talks about facing his dad after killing the car.
• Ferris furiously racing to beat his parents home but stopping to chat up the two girls in bikinis.

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Didn't he actually run past the girls (because he was running so fast), then circled back. Genius.

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maroon barchetta said:

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Winkler didn't kill someone while driving drunk in the U.K. like Broderick. That didn't help Broderick much for years.

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double aught said:

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Aust Ag said:

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double aught said:

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So many great moments in this movie. Just a couple:

• The great synth/drum machine score that swells when Cameron talks about facing his dad after killing the car.
• Ferris furiously racing to beat his parents home but stopping to chat up the two girls in bikinis.

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Didn't he actually run past the girls (because he was running so fast), then circled back. Genius.

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Absolutely. The camera never leaves the girls. He runs out of frame and, a few seconds later, walks back in. "Hi, Ferris Bueller"

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Finally, Cameron's dad had to have killed him when he got home, right??

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I've always loved the movie, but when I see it now it just seems so clear now that Cameron is going to off himself after Ferris & Slone leave. He can't face his dad. He doesn't have joy in hardly anything. At the end he seemed to just let go of all his anxiety. I think because in his mind he's accepted it's the end.

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Plus, he married a horse. Whats up with that?

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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss something."

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A reminder that this was a life changing moment for Broderick. Not only did he have to go through the trauma of killing people but the incident was so life shaping he never drove a vehicle again, hence his want to live in NYC and travel by foot, subway, and taxi. The other new activity he developed was his love of horseback riding which he focused on after this incident to film the Oscar winning movie Glory. It was this new love of horseback riding that helped him move forward past the events in Ireland and into his new relationship and marriage with horse Sarah Jessica Parker.

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maroon barchetta said:

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Interesting.

I recall the mention of alcohol back in the day but maybe it was speculation by the press at the time and has been scrubbed.

Glad to hear there was no drinking, but wow did he get off light, and not meeting the son/brother of the victims when he said he would is pretty classless.

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