Steve Martin, Molly Ringwald, and more John Hughes alums swing by Josh Gad's Ferris Bueller reunion
Aux Features Film
Few people have been as productive in quarantine as Josh Gad, who, when not contributing to Quibi’s DIY Princess Bride, has boosted a number of charities with his Reunited Apart series, which has virtually reunited the casts of Lord Of The Rings, Splash, Back To The Future, Ghostbusters, and Goonies. For his final episode, Gad not only brought together the team behind John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but he assembled a star-studded tribute to the late writer and director that spans his entire oeuvre.
In the video’s final stretch, Molly Ringwald, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Michael Keaton, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, and even Curly Sue’s Alisan Porter dial in to deliver some of Hughes’ best lines. Thankfully, what becomes before that is just as entertaining.
Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, and Jennifer Grey join Gad to gab about the film’s creation and legacy, as do Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett, who played Ferris’ parents, and Ben Stein, he of the droning “Bueller.”
Broderick and Ruck recall their old days doing Neil Simon plays together, and Sera remembers the pair’s rank farts. After a few scene recreations, superfan Jake Gyllenhaal swings by for some trivia and legendary choreographer Kenny Ortega swings in to discuss his work on the parade scene.
Whether you love Ferris or, like any human being with a soul, identify with his aggrieved sister, it’s an enjoyable watch. Check it out in full below.
Send Great Job, Internet tips to [email protected]
20 Comments
I haven’t watched this yet. How many racial slurs did Chevy manage to sneak in?
Understandable that Jeffrey Jones wasn’t invited, even if his role was iconic.And as much as there’s been a lot of revisionism on John Hughes’ work – admittedly, some of the criticism is fair – getting that whole lineup of stars to do their lines does suggest just how fond his actors were of him. The 2009 documentary Don’t You Forget About Me is worth a watch on that front as well.
I was surprised they kept him around in Deadwood.
I was wondering if there would be acknowledgment of the fact that Broderick and Grey were dating right after the movie came out, or that the actors that played Ferris’ parents got married later on and have since divorced.
Or the fact that Grey and Broderick were later vacationing in Ireland and were involved in a car crash there that killed the occupants of the other vehicle. Weirdly, Broderick, although understandably disturbed by the incident, owns a home in Ireland in a small town named (I kid you not) Kilcar.
Kilcar sounds like Kickpuncher’s cool talking – vehicle sidekick.
And then there’s Ben Stein, who said that shooting victim Michael Brown couldn’t be considered unarmed because he was physically large.
Kristy Swanson also showed up late to join the crazy right wing duo with Ben Stein.
And then there is Jeffrey Jones, who was thankfully left off the invites.
Ew Ben Stein
Buy Ben Stein’s Morality
Jesus H, Mia Sara looks better at 53 than most of us do at 20.
No Donald Sutherland?
For?
Tea and Chitchat.
Cool, cool cool. Way to take the temperature of the room. Let’s shine a spotlight on a movie that had no non-Caucasian roles for the first act, and the first time that we see a person of color onscreen, the poster boy of white male privilege asks, “Do you speak any English.”Also, said poster boy can summon “Dancing African-Americans” upon command.And let’s invite Chevy Chase to share his thoughts.And hey, nothing I just said has not been said in a bazillion forums and comment sections over the years. Hell, Molly Ringwald called out John Hughes’ racism and sexism. I am kind of confused as to why anyone is non-critically celebrating this film on June 29, 2020.
Kenny Ortega is sooo underappreciated.
I identify with Cameron’s dad. Fuck those kids.
We’ve been showing our 13 year old daughter favorite movies of our own youth. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is the first movie she unequivocally loved. Like, watched it again by herself that night loved. Since it’s leaving Netflix we watched it again Friday and damn is it a pretty near perfect movie. The past two times I’ve really notices how well shot, composed, and edited it is. And oh man the music cues. It’s aged quite well! Barring behind-the-scenes stuff about, well, quite a bit of the cast, there’s not much about the movie itself that is as problematic as, say, 16 Candles or Breakfast Club.
“Ferris Bueller” – Sure!“Reunited Apart” – Well, OK.“with Josh Gad” – Nope.
They’re pretty good, if not particularly insightful. The Hughes tribute at the end is at least worth watching.