Revisiting ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ filming locations 40 years later

Life was moving fast for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film’s script. It took him just four days to complete it.

“How did I come to write ‘Ferris?’ Well, let’s see,” Hughes said. “There was a writer’s strike coming up in a week and my agent called and warned me, so I thought, ‘Geez, John, you better write something,’ and so I got this sentence … out of the ozone. ‘I am 17 years old and I have no idea where my life is going,’ and I thought, ‘That’s it!’ I called Ned Tanen (head of Paramount films) and said, ‘I want to do this movie about a kid who takes a day off from school and … that’s all I know so far.’”

Hughes was fresh off “The Breakfast Club” release in February 1985, “Weird Science” in August 1985 and filming for “Pretty in Pink”