Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller

Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Vitals Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, clever and charismatic high school senior and righteous dude Chicago, Spring 1986 Film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Release Date: June 11, 1986 Director: John Hughes Costume Designer: Marilyn Vance WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Bueller… Bueller… Forty years ago today, audiences first joined Matthew Broderick’s charming truant on an elaborate jaunt through Chicago when Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was released on June 11, 1986. Writer and director John Hughes completed his screenplay in less than a week, always with Broderick in mind to play the charming titular truant who was reportedly based on one of his own childhood acquaintances. With just about two months until his high school graduation, 17-year-old Ferris Bueller wakes up to the forecast of a warm spring day. How could he possibly be expected to handle school on a day like that? Licking his palms to fake clammy hands that fool his…