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Miami Herald
a day ago
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Anyone interested in buying Ferris Bueller's vest? Anyone? Anyone?
By Dean Murray The iconic sweater vest worn by Ferris Bueller is up for auction. Fans of the 1986 classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" can bid on the garment worn in a pivotal scene. Actor Matthew Broderick donned the vest during the famous Wrigley Field sequence, where Ferris famously catches a foul ball during a Chicago Cubs game. Sotheby's New York is holding a special single-lot online sale for the item, which is expected to fetch between $300,000 and $600,000 (approximately £240,000 to £480,000). The vest comes from the personal collection of Darren Rovell, an Emmy-winning sports business reporter and renowned memorabilia collector. The auction marks the 40th anniversary of the John Hughes film. Ralph DeLuca, Sotheby's Vice Chairman, Popular Culture, said: "As we look back on Ferris Bueller's unforgettable adventure 40 years later, the legacy of this iconic film-and the sweater vest that helped define Ferris's style-remains as relevant as ever to fans and collectors around the world. "In the wise words of Ferris, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." "Those words couldn't be truer in this unprecedented opportunity to own the most iconic artifact from one of the most beloved comedies in American film history." Movie buffs and collectors can view the vest in person at Sotheby's New York galleries from 5 to 24 June, with online bidding open now. The post Anyone interested in buying Ferris Bueller's vest? Anyone? Anyone? appeared first on Talker. Copyright Talker News. All Rights Reserved.
New York Times
4 days ago
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- New York Times
Ferris Bueller's Vest Hits the Auction Block. ‘Anyone, Anyone?'
There might be a temptation to play hooky when wearing it — stealing away in a Ferrari GT to catch a matinee game at Wrigley Field. Alas, no one is likely to confuse the person donning it with Abe Froman, the 'sausage king of Chicago.' But for a six-figure sum, you could still channel Ferris Bueller, whose patterned sweater vest from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' the 1986 John Hughes comedy about a suburban Chicago teenager ditching school, hit the auction block this week. The vest worn by the actor Matthew Broderick in the movie could fetch several hundred thousand dollars, according to Sotheby's, which is handling the garment's sale. The auction began on Thursday, the 40th anniversary of Ferris's high jinks, and runs through June 24, with the bidding taking place online. As Ferris's monotone economics teacher, played by Ben Stein, would say: 'Anyone, anyone?' The vest is reminiscent of a cheetah print and made from acrylic yarn. It is expected to fetch an estimated $300,000 to $600,000, far outpacing the rate of inflation. And then some. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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The Porsche 963 RSP in Photos
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Chicago Tribune
5 days ago
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- Chicago Tribune
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' in Los Angeles. He had just signed a five-movie deal with Paramount Pictures. Ferris Bueller, Hughes told the Tribune, would be 'the most popular guy in school, a guy with everything going for him, who could be really obnoxious except for the fact that he polices himself.' The character on the precipice of graduating high school but also about to miss his ninth day of school during the spring semester. Hughes choose the then-23-year-old actor to portray the teen, who was on the precipice of graduating high school but also about to miss his ninth day of school during the spring semester. Broderick accepted a Tony Award for Neil Simon's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and starred with 'The Breakfast Club's' Ally Sheedy in 'WarGames.' Three years before he became Ferris Bueller, Broderick told Gene Siskel that he didn't regret skipping college. 'It wouldn't have worked for me,' I would have ended up doing the minimum amount of studying to just pass, and I would have resented even giving up that much time. I love acting.' Ferris Bueller's iconic vest goes up for auction 40 years after famously skipping schoolBroderick was announced in June 1985 as the lead in 'Ferris.' He initially had doubts about the role, which breaks the fourth wall. 'I was just starting out. I had done two Neil Simon plays where I spoke to the audience and Ferris spoke to the camera, and I had done (the 1985 movie) 'Ladyhawke,' where the character sort of talks to the camera,' Broderick said in 2016 interview. 'And I thought, 'I'm always going to be like this comedian who talks to the camera. I have to get a real part,' or some stupid like that.' Cleveland native Ruck graduated from the University of Illinois, then headed to Chicago to pursue theater. He starred as a 'mischievous manservant' in Halcyon Repertory Co.'s September 1979 production of 'Mandragola.' He then starred opposite Jennifer Grey and Megan Mullally in David Rimmer's 'Album' at Apollo Theater Chicago followed by 'a marvelous cameo' in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' at Wisdom Bridge Theater in March 1982. Ruck had a role in June 1983's, 'One Shining Moment,' which was a musical about a group of students recreating the Kennedy years that debuted in Chicago at Drury Lane Theater in Water Tower Place. Before he became Cameron, Ruck struck a nerve with military-themed scripts. He was a weird military academy student in the 1984 NBC made-for-TV movie 'Hard Knox.' Ruck portrayed Canadian World War I pilot Billy Bishop in a one-man show at Wisdom Bridge Theater in March 1984, a soldier injured during the Korean War who comes home to sell body parts in 'Life and Limb,' and finally opposite Broderick on Broadway for Neil Simon's 'Biloxi Blues.' Broderick and Ruck — then 29 years old — left the Broadway production to film 'Bueller' in Chicago. They could reunite soon to star in another film together. Sara, who was 18 years old during filming of 'Ferris,' starred on 'All My Children' and as princess Lili with Tom Cruise as Jack in 1985's 'Legend,' which Tribune critic Gene Siskel gave 1½ stars and called a 'truly awful film.' Married to Jim Henson's son Brian, Sara returned to the red carpet this week for the premiere of 'The Life of Chuck.' Gene Siskel gave 'Ferris Bueller' just two stars, describing it as 'a film that doesn't seem to know what it's about until the end.' Still, the movie was a commercial success. As of February 1987, when his next film 'Some Kind of Wonderful' was released, 'Ferris' had earned a $70 million domestic gross. Hughes died of a heart attack on Aug. 6, 2009, at age 59 while he was visiting family in New York. Here's a guide to the Chicago-area locations as they appeared in the film. Unfortunately, the Bueller house is not in Chicagoland — it's in Long Beach, California. Many of the interior scenes were also shot in Los Frye tells his best friend Ferris Bueller that his father, Morris Frye, loves his 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder — with Illinois license plate 'NRVOUS' — and it 'is his passion.' The song that plays when the car was revealed in the movie? That's 'Oh Yeah' by Yello. But you can't buy a soundtrack for the film — it was never released per Hughes' order. The home was built in 1953, for textile artist Ben Rose. The steel-and-glass house was designed by A. James Speyer, a disciple of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The pavilion (where the Ferrari was housed) was built 20 years later. Rose died in 2004, and his wife, Frances, followed in 2009. That's when the 5,300-square-foot estate was listed for sale for $2.3 million. It was on the market again in 2013, for $1.5 million. How did Ruck get chosen for the role of Cameron Frye? He showed up to an open-casting call for 'The Breakfast Club.' 'I love them because they give young actors a chance to go in front of real casting directors for real parts,' Hughes told the Tribune in 1986. 'They get their feet wet. And while the casting directors may not use them for that particular part, they may pull them out for something else.'No longer home to the Koenig & Strey real estate office, but the building in downtown Winnetka looks almost the same as it appeared in the and his wife, Nancy, who like Ferris Bueller and Sloane Peterson, were high school sweethearts when they both attended Glenbrook North. In 'Ferris,' it became Shermer High School, the same fictional high school where 'The Breakfast Club' took place (but that was filmed at the former Maine North High School in Des Plaines). went down a rabbit hole that concludes the characters from both films probably knew each other. The boring teachers were portrayed by Ben Stein and Del Close. Stein described the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act before a classroom of bored students. Hughes told Close he could write anything he wanted on the blackboard in the classroom his scene was set. Close wrote 'The Harold,' which was the name of the improvisational game he invented. Hughes held a private screening of 'Ferris' at the high school since many of its students were extras in the Tom Bueller looked out his office window upon hearing The Beatles' 'Twist and Shout,' he would have observed the Chicago River — not Dearborn Street. The curvy, green glass-walled structure was designed by New York-based architecture film Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, which also designed 300 W. Monroe St. Completed in 1983, the building has 36 stories and more than 6 acres of glass that create a reflective facade that seems to bend along with the river just opposite the Merchandise Ferrari was entrusted to an attendant at a parking garage, which was owned by the Chicago Board of Education in the 1970s. Locals might have one bone to pick with the setup of one shot. The parking garage attendant, who takes the Ferrari out for a spin, clearly turns off Wells Street when he leaves the garage, but then unbelievably ends up underneath the 'L' tracks on Wells again. The West Loop garage still has 12 levels of parking — but now it's all self the movie was filmed, the Sears Tower was the world's tallest building — it had been since iron workers bolted the last girder into place in 1973. The Skydeck observation area opened in 1974, on the building's 103rd floor, which is 1,353 feet up in the air. Though Cameron Frye probably couldn't see his dad from up there, visitors can see up to four states and 50 miles out on a clear day. The 1,451-foot structure lost its crown as the world's tallest when it was surpassed in 1996 by Malaysia's Petronas Towers, and the American title in 2013 when New York City's One World Trade Center was completed. After decades of construction in Asian countries, it's now the 25th tallest in the Chicago Board of Trade opened on March 13, 1848, making it the world's oldest and largest commodities futures trading center. In 1930, it moved into its 45-story art deco skyscraper by Holabird & Root. Its first tenant: Quaker Oats Co. The statue of Ceres that tops the structure has no face, reportedly because it was thought no other building would ever be as tall as the Board of Trade, therefore no one would realize that statue's head was featureless. At the time the film was shot, visitors could take free tours of the CBOT building on weekdays and observe the trading floor from galleries. True to the movie, the floor jumped to life at 9:30 a.m. when trading opened as brokers negotiated transactions face to face in the pits using hand signals and shouted commands, known as open outcry. Transactions were then recorded via computer and relayed to the big board and communications networks around the world. The process was an ironic combination of Stone Age communications and 20th century technology. The trading pit is no longer open to the public. In 2007, the Chicago Board of Trade merged with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The merger created what was, at the time, the world's largest derivatives French name, which roughly translates to 'the house of who,' was not found in any Tribune restaurant reviews. With good reason — it was never a restaurant. The private residence was used for a brief exterior shot only in the movie. Abe Froman, 'Sausage King of Chicago,' had a reservation at a Los Angeles restaurant instead. Siskel called it, 'a weak ripoff of a similar scene in 'Beverly Hills Cop.''If the buildings in the background look familiar, then it's because the same area was used in 'Home Alone' for Santa Claus' shack. The pizza parlor Rooney wandered into? Though it looks similar to a Barnaby's, it was really in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood.A producer inspected Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park as possible locations for the movie, but Wrigley won when the White Sox (Hughes was a fan) schedule put the team on the road. Broderick had received batting lessons from White Sox coach Charley Lau in the 1983 film 'Max Dugan Returns.' Ferris and friends were sitting in the 100-level near the left-foul pole. The Cubs game on TV at the pizza place took place June 5, 1985, against the Atlanta Braves. But when Ferris Bueller caught the foul ball? That was shot during a Sept. 24, 1985, game at Wrigley Field. Ruck recalled, according to he took inspiration from a catcher at his high school for his, 'Hey batter, batter, batter, sa-wing batter!' chant. Hughes' own father-in-law was an extra seated behind Broderick, according to the death notice for Henry 'Hank' Ludwig published in the June 2, 2013, edition of the Tribune. Ludwig suffered a major heart attack the day after filming and drove himself 20 miles to the hospital. Doctors gave him 7-12 years to live — he made it trio joined a line of schoolchildren in front of 'Paris Street; Rainy Day' by Gustave Caillebotte. Cameron Frye contemplated Georges Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Latte – 1884.' The second is a prime example of pointillism — the closer one stands to the painting, the more noticeable the tiny dots of color become. Siskel's critique: 'The paintings are delightful, but Chicago purists will wonder why Ferris doesn't spend more time with the Impressionists or, earlier, why he didn't try to sit in the bleachers at Wrigley Field along with the other kids ditching school.'Ferris Bueller lip-synced to 'Danke Schoen' by Wayne Newton and 'Twist and Shout' by The Beatles near the intersection of Dearborn and Adams streets. Unlike 'The Fugitive,' where filming took place during an actual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Chicago, the Steuben Parade was staged on Sept. 28, 1985. Though snippets from the real German American Parade on Sept. 21, 1985, were peppered into 'Ferris.' Hughes put out a call for 5,000 extras dressed in mid-spring attire to recreate the German American Parade (which actually took place the week before). The names of people who showed up had their names put into a raffle. Prizes included 'a trip to Mexico, a motor scooter, several weekend hotel packages, gift certificates, movie passes and record albums,' the Tribune reported. The woman on accordion? That was 'International Queen of Polka' Vlasta Krsek. 'Those were real faces, real people,' Hughes told the Tribune in June 1986. 'That guy twisting up on that scaffolding was no actor. He was a real guy. That was spontaneous, and we were lucky enough to catch it.'For months during filming, Northbrook residents wondered why 'Save Ferris' was written on their village's water tower. Now, they embrace their connection to the film. Northbrook held 'Ferris Fest' in 2016, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the movie. Cast members Edie McClurg (Grace), Cindy Pickett (Katie Bueller), Lyman Ward (Tom Bueller), Jonathan Schmook (maitre d' at Chez Quis) and Larry 'Flash' Jenkins (garage attendant) mingled with Frye's breakdown was captured overlooking the serenity of Glencoe Beach on Lake Michigan. The area is named in honor of longtime Glencoe resident, former president of the park district, lawyer and scoutmaster, Stanton Schuman. Glencoe fixture also well-known in deathThanks for reading!
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Julianne Moore Talks About Being Drawn Into the ‘Stakes' of ‘Echo Valley' — and Expresses a Desire to Work with Wes Anderson
Julianne Moore attended the premiere of Apple Original's 'Echo Valley' on Wednesday, June 4 alongside her son Caleb Freundlich in their hometown of New York City. The Oscar-winning actor stars alongside Sydney Sweeney in Michael Pearce's latest film, written by 'Mare of Easttown' scribe Brad Inglesby. The story follows 'so much about this woman's life, about what she wants, what she's lost, what she's trying to hang on to, and I think that she's at a point where she really feels that she has nothing left to lose,' she told IndieWire. 'When you have stakes like that in a film, it's exciting. That's what I'm drawn to, isn't it?' More from IndieWire What Could Possibly Get 'Ferris Bueller' Star Mia Sara Back to Acting After a Decade Off? Mike Flanagan Calling Her Bluff Willem Dafoe Is a Summer Tenant Tormenting Corey Hawkins in 'The Man in My Basement' Teaser Director Pearce mused that working with Moore was one of his highlights of the project. 'Working with Julianne, someone that's so experienced, seeing her have the excitable energy of a 20-something-year-old actor who was on their first set, she was like that almost every day — I think that was just edifying,' he told us. 'As a director, you can get so neurotic and beaten by the process, and the schedule's hard, and you lose the location, or you didn't get a full scene, and you can walk in a bit broken,' he said. 'She was just a reminder each day about why we do it, that we're here to have fun, to play, and we should feel privileged to make movies. I think that's just something I think about, that however hard it is, it's like you're in a sandbox for adults.' As for Moore, she recently attended the Cannes premiere of Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme' on May 18. I asked her if she would ever be interested in working with the auteur and she said, 'I would. I think it would be so wonderful. Everybody's work is so stellar in that film.' As someone who has attended the festival upwards of a dozen times, the excitement doesn't wane. 'One of the exciting things about Cannes is that you stand there as the film premieres and you get to look at the actors and filmmakers' faces as it's happening and it's incredible.' Moore recently told us that she will indeed be showing off her vocal chops in Jesse Eisenberg's upcoming A24 musical, a follow-up to singing a little bit in 2021's 'Dear Evan Hansen': 'Yes, I am. I'm singing. We're all singing in it,' she said. 'Jesse Eisenberg is just the most extraordinary person,' she continued. 'He's so incredibly creative. I feel so fortunate to be able to work with him. This is very different, but I think that he can have sort of a satirical worldview. At the end of the day, he's got so much feeling. We're all very excited about it.' 'Echo Valley' premieres June 13 on Apple TV+. Check out the trailer below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
