Ferris: "It is his fault he didn't lock the garage."

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People sometimes forget that it isn't Ferris's house. It's where his friend Cameron lives.

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Ferris: [his recorded message for the doorbell] Who is it?

[pause]

Ferris: Oh, I'm sorry. I can't come to the door right now. I'm afraid that in my weakened condition, I could take a nasty spill down the stairs and subject myself to further school absences. You can reach my parents at their places of business. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day!

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[calling the police about an intruder]

Jeannie: There is an intruder - male, Caucasian, possibly armed, certainly weird - in my kitchen... M-my-my-my name is Bueller...

[pause]

Jeannie: Look, it's real nice that you hope my brother is feeling better, but I'm in danger, okay? I am very cute, very alone and very protective of my body. I don't want it violated or killed, all right? I need help! Speaka de English? DICKHEAD!

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Sloane: What are we going to do?

Ferris: The question isn't "what are we going to do," the question is "what aren't we going to do?"

Cameron: Please don't say we're not going to take the car home. Please don't say we're not going to take the car home. Please don't say we're not going to take the car home.

Ferris: [to the camera] If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away?

[beat]

Ferris: Neither would I.

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[A baseball game is on television]

Ed Rooney: What's the score?

Pizza Joint Owner: Nothin' nothin'.

Ed Rooney: Who's winning?

Pizza Joint Owner: Da Bears.

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Cameron: The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love. It is his passion.

Ferris: It is his fault he didn't lock the garage.

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Ferris: Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people.

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6 Comments

By JGregg on November 9, 2009 3:30 PM

Roger --

MUCH prefer your comments on all things cinema over your comments re: healthcare.

Seeing this post brings back sooo many good memories for me as a high schooler. It was one of those films that made me realize that directors can have as much fun as we the viewers ... especially at the end of the film when the credits were just a delight to watch, AND to witness many in the audience seating themselves back down to watch the charming and funny Mathew Broderick telling us to "go home."

be well, sir.

Jg.

By St. Chris on November 9, 2009 10:06 PM

"You killed the car."

By Daniel Plainview on November 10, 2009 7:15 AM

If only they had shown this clip as part of the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid, the world would have been coming to Chicago in 2016 not going to crime ridden Rio.

By Andi on November 10, 2009 11:48 AM

That's a wee bit outside of my budget. Maybe I can get some of that furniture that Jake Ryan makes instead.

I can't believe that Siskel trashed this film. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxJ8GN29qA[/url]

By Tim Sutton on November 11, 2009 1:00 AM

Too bad John Hughes never listened to "Glass Onion" off the White Album, where it clearly said "The walrus was Paul."

I've never heard this brought up. Too geeky, maybe?

By Jason on November 17, 2009 1:12 PM

Roger: People sometimes forget that it isn't Ferris's house. It's where his friend Cameron lives.

It isn't even the house, it's used as the garage.

That's okay, people still mistake the school location for its front driveway. It's the performing arts center, and a student would never have been picked up there in the middle of the day. But the front doors were overhung by the second floor of the "A" wing--you see students rushing through them as the bell rings near the start of the movie. That's okay, the Sloane-Rooney scene plays much better at the CPA doors.

JGregg: Seeing this post brings back sooo many good memories for me as a high schooler.

Indeed. The baseball field as it looked when I was there (before they moved the backstop in and built a proper press box.) They renamed the street from School to Sherman Drive, but it still looks the same. Fred Winston mornings on WLS, Don Nelson and his Frye boots doing traffic...

That helicopter shot after our heroes race away... you can still see the Metra tracks that Millennium Park now covers!

/jl
GBN '92