John Hughes‘ 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is one of the all-time teen movies and may be the most popular film of his career. But Indiewire reports that according to star Matthew Broderick, it wasn’t always rosy on the film’s set. In fact, Broderick’s relationship with Hughes making the film was strained, with the director at one point going so far as to call the actor’s performance “boring.”

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Ferris Bueller, boring?

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“You’ve guys got nothing to worry about; I’m a professional.” OK, this is weird, and it’s only coming to me now. On August 7, 2008, I casually pitched and proposed a spin-off film idea in a blog article titled, The Brief Cameo That Begat An Entire Film: Our Take ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, back in the day when I regularly just blathered about random things rather than strictly wrote news. The idea was based on Judd Apatow’s confession: what if Brad Pitt’s brief stoner character from “True Romance,” got his own movie and that became “Pineapple Express.” This inspired my idea: take the two guys from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” who joyride in Cameron’s dad Ferrari while Ferris in the gang is at a baseball game.

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Over the past decade, there has been some controversy that surrounds the ‘80s comedy classics from filmmaker John Hughes. Whether it’s the problematic characters and situations or those who felt Hughes wasn’t the right person to tell this brand of coming-of-age comedy, there has been quite a bit of discussion about his features. But even still, there’s no denying that the filmography of John Hughes is chock full of iconic films that have influenced and inspired a generation of people.

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It may come as a surprise to modern audiences, but back in the day, not every popular movie got a sequel. John Hughes‘s classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was a hit when it was released in 1986, but despite getting spun-off into a TV show, it never got a proper sequel. Now, one of its stars, Alan Ruck, is pitching a sequel that would take the characters into old age.

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It seems that every year another fresh crop of filmmakers make their debut movies, and a high proportion are coming-of-age stories. A sadly low percentage, however, are any good, which is why this week brings us significant reason to rejoice: First-time filmmaker Kelly Fremon Craig brings us the adorable, sprightly “The Edge Of Seventeen.” In many ways this year’s “The Diary Of A Teenage Girl” in being both the debut of an exciting new female filmmaker and a funny, fresh, newly insightful take on the teen-movie genre, ‘Seventeen’ perhaps does not reinvent the wheel in the way that Marielle Heller‘s film did, but it’s such a bouncy picture, centered around such a tremendously relatable turn from Hailee Steinfeld, that to disparage it as a result would be a little like critiquing a puppy.

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It may be 30 years late, but audiences will finally get a chance to purchase the soundtrack to one of the most influential films of the ’80s, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” It’s almost impossible to imagine that a film with so many classic musical moments never had an official soundtrack, but it’s true. Now, decades after the film’s release, La-La Land Records is ready to release the soundtrack.

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The soundtrack will be a limited edition, with only 5000 copies, but it’ll be well worth it.

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The music in the films of John Hughes — whether written specifically for the films or simply borrowed — is almost as important to their place in popular culture as the films themselves. Other than the obvious choices (“(Don’t You) Forget About Me” and “Weird Science”), does anyone actually listen to Lindsey Buckingham sing “Holiday Road” and not think of the Griswold family roadster heading down to Wally World? Or Spandau Ballet’s “True” — released a year before “Sixteen Candles” — recalling the awkwardness of clean-cut high school dances?

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Watch: Supercut Looks At The 20 Greatest Slow-Mo Scenes

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Watch: Break The Cinematic Fourth Wall With This 5-Minute Supercut

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Listen: John Hughes' Out-of-Print Commentary For 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

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The piece talks about a lot of unfinished or unproduced screenplays Hughes either wrote or never finished and one caught our eye via Slicing Up Eyeballs that was based on The Cure song, “Lovecats” that was introduced to the director via Molly Ringwald.

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The writer/director/producer passed away today at the age of 59, apparently from a heart attack.

He evidently passed away suddenly while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan to visit family.

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By now, we all should know: Brad Pitt’s stoner in “True Romance” begat the idea for producer Judd Apatow who says the cameo performance basically compelled him to say, “Now, I wanna see a movie about THAT guy!”

For The Playlist, watching the detours of minor characters has never resounded louder for us than the scene in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” where the two car garage attendants take off in Cameron’s (Alan Ruck) father’s Ferrari.

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