Life was moving fast for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film ... Here’s a guide to the Chicago-area locations as they appeared in the film.

Spend your day off touring 'Ferris Bueller' locations Posted May 31, 2023 1:00 am. Dave Oberhelman ... Willis Tower and the Art Institute of Chicago, all locations in the film. ...

It might sound ridiculous, but “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” stirs both nostalgia and a certain civic pride for Chicagoans. After all, the film was Hughes’s love letter to the city .

The original “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was one of his most successful films, grossing $70 million and becoming the 10th highest grossing domestic film in the year it released.

CHICAGO — 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.

CHICAGO — 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 ...