Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 20th Anniversary Edition

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 5/3/06 | Iain Mckay

[qam1]

Matthew Broderick stars in the '80s teen comedy about rebelling in style.

Every kid has known a Ferris Bueller, that kid with the zen-like state of mind who seems impossibly mature, infuriatingly confident, never less than charming and usually gets what he wants. And this being the infamous decade of greed, that means conspicuous consumption.

Our '80s Ferris is played with great style by a young Matthew Broderick who, tired of school drudgery, borrows a Ferrari and convinces some friends to accompany him to Chicago for the day.

Naturally all this is to be accomplished without anyone noticing, without any consequences and with maximum cool, a sleight of hand only a Ferris-like state of mind is capable of. Teen rebellion with style.

[mystery-ak]

I guess I'll be buying this for Brandon....lol

[silent_jonny]

I guess I'll be buying this for Brandon....lol

You said he liked that "Oh Yeah" song at the end of the movie? You can right-click the link below and download the whole song to your computer--and it's free :)

http://jazzdiver.com/music/Oh%20Yeah.mp3

[mystery-ak]

He loves Twist and Shout too.....

[mystery-ak]

LOL....this is so funny...I just played that for Brandon and he couldn't figure out what was happening...he knows this song goes with Ferris, but no Ferris...the look on his face...lmao

[silent_jonny]

How about a Twist and Shout gif :)

[Steely Tom]

Didn't this guy get in some real heavyweight trouble? Not what Jennifer Grey did to him in the movie, but in real life.

[Mr. Silverback]

Sixteen Candles is one of the best teen movies ever made.

[rmlew]

1. You forgot to seque into the scene with the "parking attendants."
2. I wonder what one of those costs today?

[Mr. Silverback]

I don't know what that is. Is it a cartoon? Guess I'm even older then I thought. :-(

I...am...shocked!!

[Mr. Silverback]

As you might have guessed from Kimball's reply, it was a syndicated afternoon Disney cartoon, where Huey, Dewey and Louie were living with Scrooge (the backstory is that Donald was serving in the Navy) and getting involved in all sorts of wacky adventures.

[rmlew]

O'h my gosh. These kids have never seen the gummy bears!

[Mr. Silverback]

I'd like to add "Uncle Buck" to that list.

John Candy's finest hour.

[Mr. Silverback]

Me too! I've enjoyed reading all the posts on this thread--it feels like 1986 again! :)

Except in 1986, we would be having this conversation on Commodore 64s...presumably Commodore's connected by some sort of advanced string-and-tin-can network.

In '86 I got my first job, and spent all the disposable cash from my first couple of paychecks on a peripheral disk drive.

[Mr. Silverback]

You know, the sad thing is, that's such a neat song, and such a great 80s icon, but every time I hear it I think of the limo scene with Margaret Whitton in The Secret of My Success, and I have to take a cold shower.

[Mr. Silverback]

O'h my gosh. These kids have never seen the gummy bears!

They should be shown the film immediately. It's an important part of their cultural heritage.

[cmsgop]

Great Scene Indeed!

[Zack Nguyen]

What a funny movie! I remember reading somewhere, years ago, that a sequel had been considered with Ferris working in a corporation.

[Mr. Silverback]

but his actual picture looks more like Barry Bonds?

Remember, that picture was taken right after his cover was blown. The sketches are after months of re-islamizing himself. The Al Qaida manual actually tells these guys to shave their beards of during operations.

[Mr. Silverback]

Oh crap, I got distracted and posted about the Moussaoui execution in a movie thread! Yeesh!

The comment I should have made here is that the sequall would probably have been hilarious, but I'm glad they didn't mess with greatness.

Apparently the idea of a sequel to 16 Candles called "32 Candles" was kicked around, with the cast coming back and playing themselves 16 years later, but it never went anywhere.

[qam1]

The comment I should have made here is that the sequall would probably have been hilarious, but I'm glad they didn't mess with greatness.

Unfortunately, they did

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098795/