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NEWS ABOUT: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off stories: 5 news summaries
OPINION

In Back-to-School Hindsight, John Hughes Looks Terrible

The guy probably ruined your life

Sep 17, 09 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the world rushed to eulogize John Hughes, Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune held off. He wanted to watch Hughes’ movies again. “I had suspected these films might be disturbing in hindsight,” he writes. “I had no idea how disturbing.” There’s drunk driving,... More »

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entertainment • high school • movies • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

Ferris Bueller House
Could Be Torn Down

It's on list of endangered landmarks

Sep 17, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The suburban Chicago house where Cameron killed his dad's Ferrari in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is on a list of endangered Illinois landmarks, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Highland Park home is on the market for $2.3 million and is at risk of being torn down. The preservation group... More »

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architecture • Illinois • Frank Lloyd Wright • historic preservation • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Landmarks Illinois

(Newser) - Never had an inspiring, funny, or even downright godawful teacher? Luckily, Hollywood has them in spades. Babble presents the 40 best fictional teachers:
  • Ms. Norbury, Mean Girls: She taught “the female student body to lay off the sexist insults.”
  • Economics teacher, Ferris Bueller’s Day
... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • Albus Dumbledore • The Great Debaters • teachers • Mean Girls • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Music of the Heart

 Director John Hughes 
 Dead at 59 

Director suffers heart attack

Aug 6, 09 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Hughes, the director who made his name cataloging teen angst of the 1980s, died of a heart attack today at 59. Hughes created such films as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, making stars of the so-called Brat Pack of Molly... More »

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film • heart attack • film director • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

(Newser) - The Chicago-area house immortalized in a glass-breaking, Ferrari-plunging shot from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is for sale, the Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports. “It’s spectacular inside,” said the realtor offering the glass-walled modern home at $2.3 million. “It’s like living in a tree... More »

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real estate • film • Chicago • Matthew Broderick • Alan Ruck • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • John Hughes

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