A spinoff of writer and director John Hughes’ 1986 teen comedy film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is getting a spinoff that focuses on the coinciding afternoon of two minor characters in the original film.
“Sam and Victor’s Day Off” will follow the events of the two valets, played in the original film by Richard Edson and Larry Jenkins, who stole the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder that the main characters drove to Chicago while skipping school.
The character Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, took the Ferrari from the father of his friend Cameron Frye, played by Alan Ruck. When they arrived in the city, they left the car with the two valets, who were later shown ramping the Ferrari over a hill to the theme from “Star Wars.”
A ‘Love Letter’ to Chicago
The late Mr. Hughes, who died in 2009, was known for his writing speed.“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” has often been described as a “love letter” to Chicago.
It was the first film to be shot inside the Art Institute of Chicago, where Cameron was drawn to the Georges Seurat painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.”
Mr. Hughes later explained in a commentary on the scene that it was an existential moment for Cameron, who fixated on the pointillist style of the painting. The image dissolves into individual dots of color the closer the viewer gets, and Cameron projects his own personal anxieties onto the work.
“The more he looks at it, there’s nothing there,” Mr. Hughes explained. “He fears that the more you look at him, the less you see.”
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” took in $70 million at the box office and was also a critical success, with Roger Ebert calling it “one of the most innocent movies in a long time” and a “warm-hearted comedy.”