EVERBODY NEEDS A DAY OFF - WHETHER HE'S 55 OR 5

Ferris Bueller is a model for all those who take themselves too seriously. Ferris knows the value of a day off, and just how to make the best of any situation.

His plan is fool proof. He'll pretend he's sick (and the whole city will be sure he's at his death's door). He'll get his girlfriend out of school (using the famous "dead relative" excuse). And they'll drive in style to every Chicago hot spot (in his best friend's father's Ferrari, of course).

It's not an ordinary day off, it's...

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF

As taken from the blurb on back cover of the novel

8 pages of movies photos are featured in the Ferris Bueller's Day Off Novel by Todd Strasser, here are scans of them and the text beside them as in the novel.

LEFT: Matthew Broderick stars as Ferris Bueller, a high school senior who makes Chicago his playground on a day off from school, using the philosophy, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop once in a while and look around, you could miss it." LEFT: Jennifer Grey as Jeanie Bueller: "You're letting him stay home? I can't believe this. If I was bleeding out my eyes, you'd make me go to school. It's so unfair."

LEFT: Tom Bueller (Lyman Ward): "What's the matter with Ferris?" Joyce Bueller (Cindy Pickett) : "He doesn't have a fever. But he says his stomach hurts and he's seeing spots."

RIGHT: "You have to plan things out before you take a day off."

LEFT: "This is my ninth sick day this semester. It's getting tough coming up with new illnesses. If I go for ten, I'm probably going to have to barf up a lung. So I better make this one count." RIGHT: Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck) tries to resist Ferris's attempt to get him out of bed: "I feel like complete shit, Ferris. I can't go anywhere."

RIGHT: Ferris has the time of his life driving Mr. Frye's 1961 Ferrari 250 GTS California -but Cameron is too nervous to enjoy the ride: "Ferris my father loves this car more than life itself."

LEFT: Ferris: "Would you want to get married? I mean if I wasn't a fool." Sloane (Mia Sara) : "Sure." Ferris: "Today?"

ABOVE AND RIGHT: Ferris jumps onto a float at the German-American Appreciation Day Parade, captures the crowd's spirit, and spreads his enthusiasm.

ABOVE:
The kids are caught in traffic with Mr. Bueller only a foot away. They quickly hide on the floor of the back seat while Sloane keeps an eye on Tom Bueller.

LEFT: Ferris looks on while Cameron sits in a near cataonic state: "My best friend has flipped out. Conventional wisdom would suggest a trip to the nearest trauma center. I think this calls for something bold, something wet, something wild."

	LEFT: Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), the principal peers through the Bueller's windows in hopes of catching Ferris in the act of truancy.
	RIGHT: Ferris careens wildly through backyards to make it home before his parents.

LEFT: In a final confrontation with Principal Rooney, Ferris needs all the help he can get... but is Jeanie the rescuer he's looking for?

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