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Quick Facts
- NAME: John Hughes
- OCCUPATION: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
- BIRTH DATE: February 18, 1950
- DEATH DATE: August 06, 2009
- EDUCATION: Glenbrook North High School, Arizona State University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Lansing, Michigan
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Full Name: John Wilden Hughes, Jr.
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Film director and screenwriter John Hughes directed a string of hit teen films, including Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Cutting Room Floor (Inside Story) (1:20)
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Wardrobe Test (Inside Story) (1:09)
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Don't Tell Me How to Act (Inside Story) (1:17)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Cutting Room Floor
Many of the scenes and characters shot for the film didn't end up in the final cut, including Ferris' younger siblings.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Wardrobe Test
The cast talks about John Hughes' negative reaction to early screen tests.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Ben Stein
Producer Michael Chinich describes reading the script and imagining Ben Stein's voice reading the lines. Stein was cast as the teacher, and immediately made movie history with the way he said the name "Bueller."
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Don't Tell Me How to Act
Jennifer Grey and Matthew Broderick describe working with John Hughes and his hands-on "monkey see, monkey do" way of directing.
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