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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Film credit
Jeffrey Jones
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 2
Rewatchables episodes featuring Jeffrey Jones’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:56Read transcript
- Jeffrey Jones, Paul Benedict and the Law & Order: SVU actor are considered; Jones’s recognizability is disputed. — Bill Simmons
- The panel agrees on the actor nicknamed Machine; the subway antagonist is an additional unresolved familiar face.
- Bauer’s television and late-1990s credits are reviewed; his supposed High Fidelity appearance is questioned as potentially deleted. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Worst?
Accents; Cullen’s sexual alibi; newspaper revelations; Eddie Barzoon’s jogging; Pacino’s teeth; deleted party scene; Jeffrey Jones
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:23Read transcript
- The accents fluctuate and overstate Southern speech.
- Cullen’s claim of three and a half hours of sex is mocked as implausible.
- Learning bad news from a morning newspaper headline is a vanished movie convention. — Bill Simmons
- Barzoon’s jogging and Pacino’s conspicuous teeth are criticized; whether the teeth are a character choice remains unresolved.
- A deleted party threesome scene could have made Mary Ann’s suspicions more understandable and should have remained. — Bill Simmons
- Seeing Jeffrey Jones now prompts thoughts of his reported criminal history rather than the movie. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
Alan Rickman as Ed Rooney; Ronny Cox as Ed Rooney
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:17Read transcript
- The recast is to replace Jeffrey Jones, against another host's preference for keeping him. — Bill Simmons
- Alan Rickman is proposed after a Richmond/Rickman name mix-up; Hans Gruber as the principal is overqualified, which is why it could work. — Bill Simmons
- A second host would also have voted for Rickman. — Sean Fennessey
- Ronny Cox is proposed; he could do the funny stuff, and his 1983-1990 run playing men in charge is legendary. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:04:54Read transcript
- Jeffrey Jones dials it up a couple of times, as with "smooch my big old white butt" and "pucker up, buttercup." — Bill Simmons
- Ruck in the car-destruction scene was expected to be the answer, but he is actually good there and does not overdo it. — Bill Simmons
- The maitre d' is offered with a "maybe." — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Emilio Estevez as Cameron; Molly Ringwald as Sloan; John Cusack as Ferris; Bill Paxton as the garage attendant; Paul Gleason as Ed Rooney
In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 00:57:10Read transcript
- Estevez turned down Cameron; he could have done it, since his Breakfast Club jock has dad problems, but the result with Ruck is preferred.
- Estevez, fresh off Repo Man, would have played a punk-rock version rather than Ruck's Cameron. — Chris Ryan
- Ruck had auditioned for Bender, which would not have worked. — Bill Simmons
- Molly Ringwald wanted to play Sloan; per the hosts, Hughes wanted Mia Sara for her elegance and maturity, and telling Ringwald the part was too small is what you say when you do not want to cast someone. — Bill Simmons
- Hughes had only Broderick in mind; the backup is said to be John Cusack, who got his iconic high schooler as Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything. — Bill Simmons
- Anthony Michael Hall told Vanity Fair his relationship with Hughes ended after Weird Science and believes roles including Ferris were written for him; one host doubts this, another believes it and calls Hughes vindictive. — Bill Simmons
- Bill Paxton was offered the garage attendant, turned it down as too small, regretted it, and was never offered another Hughes role. — Bill Simmons
- Paul Gleason was considered for Ed Rooney; as Dick Vernon he would presumably be on administrative leave after the Breakfast Club detention. — Bill Simmons
- Gleason would have been distracting; Jeffrey Jones's sitcom, Laurel-and-Hardy energy was the right choice over Gleason's A1-asshole energy. — Sean Fennessey
What’s Aged the Worst?
Jeffrey Jones's real-life scandal; the Bryan Ferry Slave to Love poster
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:55:49Read transcript
- Jeffrey Jones gives a good performance, but the hosts say he later became involved in a child pornography scandal and went to jail. — Bill Simmons
- Ferris's room mostly works as 80s decor, including a Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me poster a year after The Breakfast Club, which extends Hughes's own universe. — Bill Simmons
- The giant Bryan Ferry Slave to Love poster over Ferris's bed is baffling.
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