FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) Then And Now Movie Cast | How They Changed (35 YEARS LATER!)

Hi there, and welcome to Nostalgia Hit. In today's video, we look back at the cast of the 1986 teen comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Written, directed, and produced by John Hughes, with a budget of $5 million dollars, the film went on to gross over $70 million at the box office.
We'll revisit the stars of the film and update them as of 2022. So, grab your Ferris Bueller's Day Off then and now ticket, and don't forget to hit the notification bell and like and subscribe to the channel! Enjoy the video.
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Written By: John Hughes
Directed By: John Hughes
Budget: $5 million
Box Office: $70.7 million
Release Date: June 11, 1986
Distributed By: Paramount Pictures
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FILM CAST
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MATTHEW BRODERICK as FERRIS BUELLER
MIA SARA as SLOANE PETERSON
ALAN RUCK as CAMERON FRYE
JEFFREY JONES as ED ROONEY
JENNIFER GREY as JEANIE BUELLER
CINDY PICKETT as KATIE BUELLER
LYMAN WARD as TOM BUELLER
EDIE MCCLURG as GRACE
CHARLIE SHEEN as GARTH VOLBECK
BEN STEIN as ECONOMICS TEACHER
JONATHAN SCHMOCK as CHEZ QUIS MAITRE D'
DEL CLOSE as ENGLISH TEACHER
VIRGINIA CAPERS as FLORENCE SPARROW
RICHARD EDSON as GARAGE ATTENDANT
LARRY FLASH JENKINS as ATTENDANT'S CO-PILOT
STEPHANIE BLAKE as SINGING NURSE
KRISTY SWANSON as ECONOMICS STUDENT
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[@NostalgiaHit]

Did you ever go to any extreme lenghts to get day off school??? 🤔🤔🤔 And did you do anything that would beat Bueller's day off??? 😎😎😎

[@bigw8549]

Yeah I dropped out of high school 😄 I hated it there. I was about 17. Went to night school a few years later and got my diploma.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

I told my parents the last day of school in 4th grade was a day earlier than it was. I would've gotten away with it too, if they hadn't seen the bus pull up across the street.

[@aaronkitchens4151]

I was able to go to school anytime I wanted to so it didn’t really matter and still pass but when I turned 16 I dropped out

[@rememberbeginning]

Yep

[@markbardwell5015]

Yes he did

[@initra25]

As a kid in the 80’s When we stayed home from school this was the perfect movie to watch early in the morning.

[@papapaul5167]

John Hughes knew how to write and make good movies

[@crashalexander7232]

NOT HARD WHEN IT WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU....LOL THIS MOVIE IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD WHAT HAPPENED IN DAY TO DAY LIFE AT CHICAGO SUBURBAN SCHOOLS IN THE 80'S ...LOL ASK ME HOW I KNOW....

[@FlyingHiigh]

Indeed he did

[@schnuurtchke]

He was amazing

[@leesashriber5097]

The 80's had some of the best movies!! Love this movie!! 😊

[@crashalexander7232]

THE 80'S WAS EPIC AND THIS MOVIE BARELY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED .....

[@Kingfisher1215]

Risky Business. Stand By Me. Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Back to the Future.

[@allanburton8115]

@@Kingfisher1215 Top Gun The Breakfast Club Die Hard Ghostbusters Police Academy Revenge of the Nerds

[@duchess_of_petty9323]

Classic. I was a senior in high school when this came out. I miss the 80’s movies 🍿

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

6th or 7th grade for me. I had my 5th grader watch it last summer (2021), after much protest she sat reluctantly as the move started, 5 minutes in was laughing. 10 minutes later was asking if there were any other “old timey movies that were any good like this one, you know from way back in the ‘70’s & ‘80’s…” so she spent the week watching Star Wars original 3 (sadly the remastered dvd version), princess bride, pretty in pink, breakfast club, weird science, some kind of wonderful, etc… oh I made her watch Jaws, Goonies, Say anything and Trading Places. Now she quotes them with me, and is super excited to watch more. Especially the “corny ones” with Chevy Chase and Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy. In need to find a copy of “spy’s like us” and Beverly Hills Cop.

[@joannewootten758]

I wish we could go back to a real world this era sucks sooo miss the 80's people were much happier than 😢

[@davepedersen2115]

R.I.P. John... voice of a generation ❤️

[@SuperRobbie1976]

this movie is an absolute classic

[@bradbackauthor9940]

I am 66 years old this year, I saw this in the movie theaters when it came out in 1986, and it is STILL a great comedy which evokes laughs from me in a very special way!!

[@itsacelebritykindofworld6734]

One of my favorite movies. The 80's had some of the best movies.😀

[@sprocketsintime]

Saw this movie as a double feature with "Back to School" starring Rodney Dangerfield. Loved how this movie put "Twist and Shout" back on the charts after 20 years. Thanks for posting!

[@SL-vi4tk]

Music lover John Hughes made sure Ferris had the best stereo equipment... Carver amp and Audiosource EQ. Legendary quality.

[@bySterling]

Crazy Ruck was almost 30 playing a high schooler but fantastic casting throughout! I’m showing this 80s classic during part of my birthday party April 8!

[@crashalexander7232]

IKR...AND BABY WAS 26....LOL OMG HB

[@humble1ne]

Funny thing is, John Hughes's films were given low ratings from all the critics back then while today, they're considered classics. 😂

[@Kingfisher1215]

I saw all of the John Hughes movies in the theater. I enjoyed going to movies then. Now I never go to a movie. And John Hughes films always had a nice message and you always left feeling good.

[@tudorrosey76]

Holy crap!! Ed Rooney was only 10 years old than Cameron in real life I’m mind blown 🤯

[@carlosfalcon2099]

I definitely could relate to Cameron's character...I was timid, shy, uptight ..I wouldn't have dared to ditch..lol..I wish I could go back and tell my younger self "hey..it's gonna be alright..its not the end of the world..relax ..it'll be okay..it'll pass".. " one of my favorite movies..I miss the 80's

[@MsMC-vr1jd]

He's a righteous dude! Loved this movie. I skipped a day or two in my high school days. I had a friend in the attendance office who checked me as "in" when I wasn't. 😉

[@crashalexander7232]

WE CALLED IN FOR EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME ....LOL THE ATTENDANCE SECRETARY LIKE YOUNG MEN WHO NOTICED HER AND ACTED ACCORDINGLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN....LOL

[@WideTier]

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know…LOL!

[@adoptamuslim234]

One of my favorite movies of the 80s. I skipped school once to go downtown Chicago to see a Richard Pryor film, called Silver Streak..

[@johnjay9404]

Ferris's overall philosophy helped me along of not stressing over life. In Jr. High, I rode the school bus 25 miles to school in a country town. Once I arrived, I decided that I didn't want to be there. I walked off campus before the first bell. I ducked out in a nearby cemetery for an hour. Then walked into town where I spent the day. When school let out, I simply walked casually back on campus and got on the bus which rode me 25 miles back home. All just to see if I could do it.

[@redkos]

Wow, what a rebel. -_-

[@philipocallaghan]

@@redkos I came to make that exact comment word for word 😂🤣😂🤣

[@redkos]

@@philipocallaghan 😎👍

[@chriskirsten8221]

one of my all time fav movies - very first movie I bought on VHS back in the day :)

[@lz3915]

Kristy Swanson and Meredith Salenger were my teenage crushes! They both STILL look amazing. The years have been kind.

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

I liked Danielle Harris. Crazy she’s like twice my age somehow now

[@brittking3990]

Kristy Swanson was drop dead gorgeous in the late 80’s!! 😍

[@dr.tamaraworley6174]

One of the best comedies ever made! 😎

[@fraserthomson5766]

The backyard sequence returning home was a mastery in cinema. 🙌

[@xMalfiasx]

Best line: “I weep for the future.”

[@shannahuffman4655]

I wrote my own note , claiming I was sick . I was 18 , waited for my parents to go to work and got up , got dressed . picked up my best friend who went to a different high-school. we made the 3 hour trip to San Francisco, spend $100 in The Ghirardelli candy store , Hit pier 39 , then drove home .. we never got caught .. best day ever.

[@Janotes]

You Rebel you..

[@shannahuffman4655]

@@Janotes haha I was

[@bikeny]

Good thing there's a statute of limitations, right. Great chocolate.

[@shannahuffman4655]

@@bikeny right

[@christianeder8043]

This movie, one of my all time favourites until this day, is an anthem for all those who went to school in the 1980s. Oh boy was i happy back then - and didn´t even know it. Completely unaware of what life was about to throw at me as an adult. R.I.P. John Hughes and all the actors that have already passed away.❤

[@ManiacRider3113]

I think Mia is just as beautiful as ever. Was so in love with her. You no, the pool scene lol 😆

[@RobK1001]

I actually marched in that German parade. Was in September of 1986.

[@tatianabustamante259]

Classic Movie!! In supporting roles appeared Louie Anderson as a balloon flower attendant may he RIP 🙏

[@l.a.f.8555]

My 2nd favorite 80s movie I ve watched sooo many times!!!!!!😍

[@SwissTanuki]

Fun fact, back in high school every time I was "sick" I put in my pirate VHS and watched Ferris. I saw this movie over 17 times...

[@bradleytguthrie929]

I completely enjoyed this movie.

[@garyskadra5236]

3 of those girls still look very good. Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Grey & Sloane (forgot name). I remember seeing this movie in the theater with my girlfriend in 1986.

[@georgiebestmanutd4746]

Nostalgia; all the happy memories of the 80s!

[@wknfriends4138]

the 80's were great, movies awesome, and the Music! Will never be a comeback on that. So many one hit wonders, and new singers, bands. The "Big Hair" period of bands. The Goonies with Cyndi Lauper! So many movies with the music you just never forget. Yeah we may all be older, but look what we have to remember, and smile.

[@anthonyburke5656]

The genius of John Hughes, I can’t understand why he didn’t make a franchise of the theme

[@rollotomassi6374]

In my senior year on a Monday morning myself and four others piled into my car and headed to Washington DC to a bar called the Golden Bull, back then the drinking age in DC was 18…..after a few hours of eating and drinking we headed home to Maryland….just as we got close to the Capitol Beltway one of the guys said let me out, I’m going to hitchhike to Florida to meet up with another student that ran away two weeks prior….I pulled over, and the craziness began, as one got out the others we’re debating to go too….I finally said, “how much money do we all have”….between the five of us we had close to 300.00 dollars I ,said “the hell with it, let’s drive “…and our adventure began….now I cannot get into all of the specifics as it’ll we could still be arrested 50 years later🤣 ……needless to say we had a ball and we’re gone for a week……we did get pulled over in southern Georgia and were advised that my father had issued an APB on us and we were promptly turned around and escorted out of the state…..every state gave us a State Police escort to make sure we went home…..the Maryland State Police thought the whole thing was hilarious, but made sure we arrived safely……the following week was kinda funny too…..the school principal was a great guy and just shook his head but did say I’m glad you guys are graduating…..when I went up to get my diploma it wasn’t in there, but there was a note that said “ you owe the library $13.45 “…..I had to pay it to get my diploma…..it’s 50 years later and a few of the Florida bunch have sadly passed away, but the rest of us that are left still laugh about our week of hooking school……we were mavericks and heroes.

[@michaelatoz580]

I had a similar experience in high school in 1988. My buddy said he had tickets to opening day to the Detroit Tigers so we skipped and I drove to Detroit from Lansing. We arrived we got parking paid $5 went to the stadium and he said he lied and we need to buy scalp ticket to get in. So we pooled our money we had left and he went to buy tickets from a scalper who I said looked like a homeless person and don't do it. He did it anyway and the guy took off with our money, I chased him 2 blocks till he ran down an ally in a burned out part of Detroit. So we went back to the car and got our money back for parking and hit the road. We got some food at a White Castle and drove home. We got back for 6th hour class and the vice principle was in the parking lot and asked me for my name for disciplinary action for being out of class. I gave him a name of a student that dropped out the year before. The next day I got called to the office for skipping the office lady asked what was my story this time? I said if I tell you the truth this time would you let me go she laughed and said sure you lie every time. So I told her the story of the Tigers opening day and she did not believe me. I went out to my car and got the bag from White Castle gave her the sales receipt from the day before and she let me go!!!! The moral of the story is tell the truth and don't lie.

[@alisoncanty1894]

Sounds a lot like the movie!

[@brucefreadrich1188]

The White Castle detail evokes a touch of Harald and Kumar. Good story.

[@pauldunlea3669]

Classic 80's film !

[@FlyinZX10R]

This movie never gets old.

[@danielwebb9306]

That was a good movie it's one of my favorites

[@NorthernFox1]

My favourite moment is when Alan Ruck is staring at the painting. Stayed with me for over 30 years. 2nd best film of the 80's for me.

[@trublu72lewis77]

What's the 1st? Stand by me?

[@NorthernFox1]

@@trublu72lewis77 Princess Bride imo. 😀

[@johnd4348]

Hard to believe these actors were so young. and so talented. At 18 I could barely tie my shoes.

[@HeyitsDeirdre]

this was my favorite movie watch it all the time when It comes on tv

[@KurtS.87]

When I was a senior in high school I would just leave campus if I wanted to leave school. The security lady wouldn't say anything to me when I left. I remember skipping school was easy as a senior because I had off periods and I could leave campus for lunch.

[@tacx1]

Mia is one of the few actresses who still look beautiful 35 years later !!! And Jennifer is just as hot as she was back then !

[@lydwinaofschiedam2685]

Love your format and the quality of the pix and info. Subscribed.

[@ardyjeen6144]

Mia Sara is just…my true Hollywood crush. Great motion picture. Pray up and may God bless us all.

[@darleneatkinson6730]

Nostalgia Hit, I grew up with 7 brothers one of my older brothers turn clock up and the bus came and went we lived 32 miles from school we all got to stay home it was a real adventure having 7 brothers only one brother was younger than myself the other 6 brothers was older than me none of them like school so between my brothers I miss lot of school days. Thanks for sharing video

[@ghost-zy1ix]

This was one of my favorite movies

[@ridgec5670]

I love your videos!

[@gobofraggel7383]

I saw war games and it motivated me to get into computers. I guess it did more than that because someone at work saw war games and approached me and said "Gotcha!, I know who you model yourself after" and I turned beet read because I had forgotten I did that and I realized he was right. I made that character a part of me. kind of crazy.

[@beagle7622]

I really watched that film for one reason . It was a good film too.

[@kathenson606]

Ferris got old. Still love him

[@gemmel3197]

We all did :(

[@guerrillaentrepreneur5999]

Everybody does, well the ones that make it.

[@jamiewhite1515]

My favorite movie of all time.....

[@TimefortheApocalypse]

Nice job thank you

[@technodazed]

I was just a kid when I first saw this movie, but I remember thinking of how beautiful Ferris's Mom was.

[@Kingfisher1215]

Let me add, some of the songs in this movie were perfect. Please, please, please (let me get what I want) and Beat City for example.

[@kdfree91]

And the classic "Oh, yeah" by Yello!

[@mattman291]

Dang ! Time just keeps on keeping on…

[@crashalexander7232]

SHUT UP...IM STILL 18 AND ITS 1988 GO TO HELL! LOL

[@jennybettles7680]

One all time favourites!!

[@tanyabaker6515]

I never went as far as Ferris did but I did put a thermometer on a light bulb to make it look as if I had a fever and it actually worked. Every so many hours Mom would come and check my temperature so I had to keep the thermometer on the light bulb before she came to my bedroom and to this day, she doesn't know what I did.

[@barroncrist5779]

Cool 80's movie.

[@zanducktv2398]

This movie is so fun.

[@marilynreyes1065]

My boyfriend had Mondays off. My parents were divorced and every Monday I was absent. The school finally asked why I was absent so much. I told them my mother's cooking gave me stomach aches on Sunday night. So when they mailed notices about being gone so much. I signed my dad's name and he never knew I ditched.

[@paulieramos]

I guess he got off on Mondays AND YOU. Musta been meat Mondays for you.

[@jendagesse4524]

Love this movie

[@tomfrazier1103]

I was a bit of a stick in the mud as a student. I liked school mostly and was "Above average but not a rocket scientist". It was fun to see a suburban kid acting on street smarts. I only saw a few Hughes movies in the "Day", FBDO was one. And has been an unqualified fave since.

[@GatchamanG4]

Oh man, Mia Sara…❤️

[@bmw128racer]

Myself and a coworker ditched work to see this movie. 😁

[@htechdance]

The leading ladies look almost better than in 86!

[@vassa1972]

Loved the movie

[@Scott-ph2yk]

"So that's how it is in their family!"

[@F_Evans]

true classic film

[@erikstrieter4233]

Me and friends skipped school to go downtown to be in the parade crowd. What we thought would be a couple house was an all day event.

[@dewfall56]

Damn…that Mia Sara was so hot, and still is. She was also amazing in Legend.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

Truth. Some people R blessed with great genes lol.

[@lucianboar3489]

Classic Italian type beauty

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

Alan Ruck was deserving of an Oscar nomination for this.

[@annetteslife]

I don't think anyone would consider ditching school for an entire day just to watch a pregnant dog of mine at that time giving birth outrageous

[@johnnyringo4446]

I hid in a doghouse until my mom left for work. My dog almost gave me away but my mom left and me and dog went inside and chill for the rest of the day.

[@michaelcoulter1725]

And mia still looks good to this day

[@SaltyNationalist]

Lol.. What boy in his right mind didn't have the hots for her back then?? Fun fact, her and I are about the same age..

[@michaelcoulter1725]

@@SaltyNationalist exactly who didn't have the hots for her

[@SaltyNationalist]

@@michaelcoulter1725 🤣🤣I know right ¿¿

[@michaelcoulter1725]

@@SaltyNationalist yes sir

[@schnuurtchke]

I graduated high school just before, literally days before this movie came out. But earlier that year, mid spring, one day, my parents were away, decided to skip school and take Dad’s Corvette that I rarely got to drive out for a spin, a long one, called my girl that morning, told her I was going to pick her up from her house, we drove into the city, went to the park, somewhat similar to Ferris, but didn’t have to fake illness, didn’t have a principal chasing us, we ate lunch, not at a fancy restaurant, but at Wendy’s. After lunch we went to my place and did the bf/gf thing. Lots of fun, then I drove her back to her place, not in Dad’s car. The next school day, I told the school that something personal had come up, not a lie and they didn’t question me on it. The best part about that year was what I did on the last day, those who were around back then will remember audio cassette tapes, the day before I was at the office, I was allowed to be there because I was a part of students council, I replaced the anthem tape that was played every morning with a similar cassette with Alice Cooper’s School’s Out, the next morning everybody stood up for the anthem expecting to hear it instead it was Alice Cooper. It was hilarious. I didn’t hear anything from anyone. The following winter break, I was home from school, attended a hockey game that the school VP was there, I was out in the intermission having a smoke when came across the VP, asked him about the incident and told him it was me, he said that they somehow suspected that because they knew ‘ underneath that nice young man exterior, there was a mischievous side ‘, we both laughed, that was it.

[@allanburton8115]

Call police. Yes. This will be a hoot!

[@tiredlawdog]

Damned, I never saw the film, but I'm in love with Kristy Swanson.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

I can't believe you didn't mention Small Wonder. It's the first thing I ever saw Edie McClurg in (didn't see Bueller til later), and will always remember her as Mrs Brindle.

[@shawnbarczak1766]

I thought a couple of the characters and people you brought in with the cast have also passed away...I believe the secretary as well as Mr. Rooney himself may have possibly passed away...I might be wrong...but...

[@martinr8278]

Mia was amazing…. Great, and legendary with Tom Cruise. She did quite the dance in her black dress there😍

[@caravanstuff2827]

Mia stared in "legend" at the age of 15 along with tom cruise ..she should have been a huge star..not sure what happened !!.♥️🇺🇸

[@markofsaltburn]

The Mandela Effect movie: my friends and I talked about this movie at school in the early 80’s, but then some time in the last 5 years its release date was moved forward in time to 1986.

[@novaguy509]

Fun movie.

[@GIF_CANCEL]

She still looks great

[@JenCole2107]

Me & Ferris's Dad share the same birthday! June 21st babies. Lol

[@joesmith3075]

Met Jeffrey Jones at the LA Auto show in 2000. I was looking at Porsche's exhibits. We bumped into one another in one of the hall ways. First thought was "Mr. Rooney?"

[@NotKev2017]

He was also in Beetlejuice too as Lydia's father.

[@tomario1236]

Saw the movie when it first came out. By then my high school days were over. However, when in HS i did as I pleased. Came and went as I pleased and was expelled several times. Seems whenever I had a "day off" I would run into my mother at the mall. That meant serious business; I had to carry all of her packages home. You'd be very surprised where I am now. Tom

[@taunuslunatic404]

6:48 Florence Sparrow. That's a subtle joke on Florence Nightingale.

[@johnpaulgarcia6906]

Wanted to know how old the dog was at the time the movie was filmed

[@Helmuesi911]

Damn near 30 years old playing a high school student

[@kiltedwolf2]

Dustin Hoffman was 30 when he got the role of "Benjamin" in The Graduate, portraying a college student. Gotta have that young face to get it , no doubt.

[@joshuabrooks4907]

This movie hit theatres the day my brother was born.

[@evansmith2279]

In terms of Broderick’s more famous roles, how could we leave out “Glory”?

[@ll7868]

Jen Grey's career is almost 40 years long but has spanned 5 decades, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s now into 2020s.

[@davecasey4341]

And she was married to Agent Coulson. Can't beat being married to the guy that's on a first-name basis with the Avengers.

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Born n raised in Chicago ! I wish I could of picked up da joint in Highland Park!!

[@ll7868]

Cindy Pickett and Lyman Ward got married after meeting on this movie, they also played the happily married parents of the protagonist Tanya in Sleepwalkers.

[@tabby151]

"I'll bet you never smelled a real school bus before"

[@ChristopherMarlowe]

mia sara still looks beautiful