Where They Went

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Directed by John Hughes

A high-school senior in suburban Shermer fakes being sick, talks his anxious best friend into borrowing his father's prized Ferrari, and takes his girlfriend on a day-long joyride through downtown Chicago, while his school's dean and his resentful sister each try to catch him out.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Bueller house
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 00:00:30
    InferredFictional

    Ferris fakes an illness to convince his parents he can't go to school, then lays out his plan for the day to the camera.

  2. 2Frye house
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 00:11:00
    InferredFictional

    Ferris talks Cameron, who is home sick, into taking his father's 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California out of the garage.

  3. 3Shermer High School
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 00:19:00
    InferredFictional

    Cameron poses as Sloane's father on the phone to get her excused; Ferris picks her up in the Ferrari in front of Dean Rooney. Jeanie is stuck in class.

  4. 4Parking garage, the Loop
    ≈ 00:27:00
    Inferred

    They leave the Ferrari with a parking attendant, who promptly takes it for a joyride.

  5. 5Skydeck
    Sears Tower (Willis Tower)
    ≈ 00:31:00
    Stated on screen

    The three lean their foreheads against the Skydeck glass and look down over the city.

  6. 6Chicago Mercantile Exchange
    ≈ 00:33:00
    Inferred

    They watch the frantic trading floor from the visitors' gallery.

  7. 7Chez Quis
    ≈ 00:36:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    Ferris bluffs his way into a table at a snobbish restaurant as "Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago" and narrowly avoids his own father.

  8. 8Wrigley Field
    ≈ 00:47:00
    Stated on screen

    A Cubs game in the bleachers; Ferris catches a foul ball and ends up on the TV broadcast.

  9. 8Bueller house
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 00:44:00
    InferredFictional
  10. 9Police station
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 01:08:00
    InferredFictional
  11. 9Art Institute of Chicago
    ≈ 00:57:00
    Inferred

    A wordless walk through the galleries; Cameron stares into Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.

  12. 10Von Steuben Day Parade
    Dearborn Street, the Loop
    ≈ 01:01:00
    Inferred

    Ferris climbs onto a float and leads the crowd through "Danke Schoen" and "Twist and Shout".

  13. 11Parking garage, the Loop
    ≈ 01:14:00
    Inferred
  14. 12Frye house
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 01:16:00
    InferredFictional
  15. 13Bueller house
    Shermer, Illinois
    ≈ 01:29:00
    InferredFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
82 km
Places
8
Countries
1
Stops
15
  • Car: 64 km
  • Not shown: 18 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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