Maps of Movies
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Where Ferris Bueller's Day Off says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
One skipped school day, one Chicago route: the loop skyscrapers are real, but the family house is in California
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Scenes and places
Ferris fakes sick and stays home (1986)
Ferris fakes an illness to stay home from school. His parents leave for work believing him.
Set in The Bueller family home, Chicago suburbs — Ferris fakes an illness to stay home while his parents leave for work.
A Long Beach house stands in for a Chicago-suburb home. Wikipedia elsewhere also lists Winnetka as a place where the home scenes were shot.
Filmed at Ferris's house exterior, 4160 Country Club Dr, Long Beach, California (Country Club Drive, Long Beach, United States) — Exterior of the Bueller house. The pin is approximate (read from a map link, Los Cerritos area of Long Beach), not the building itself; the Commons category 'Ferris Bueller house' also places a house in Los Cerritos, Long Beach. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Private home in Long Beach, California. Look from the street only.
Principal Rooney hunts for Ferris (1986)
Principal Rooney confronts Ferris's mother about his nine absences and sets out to catch Ferris in the act.
Set in Ferris's high school — The school where Principal Rooney confronts Ferris's mother over nine absences. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois (Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, United States) — School exterior, including the stairs outside the Center for Performing Arts. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Public high school; view the exterior from outside.
Sloane gets pulled out of class (1986)
Ferris phones the school as Sloane's father to pull her out of class with a family emergency. The story involves a dead grandmother.
Set in Sloane's family home — Ferris phones the school pretending to be Sloane's father to get her out of class.
Filmed at 340 S. Westgate Ave, Brentwood, California (Brentwood, Los Angeles, United States) — Address reported for Sloane's house. No coordinate in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Cameron's glass house and garage (1986)
Cameron is reluctant to lend out his father's 1961 Ferrari, and Ferris talks him into the outing. Cameron's worry about the car grows through the day.
Set in Cameron's house and garage — Cameron is reluctant to lend out his father's 1961 Ferrari. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Mid-century glass house by A. James Speyer, a Mies van der Rohe student, finished in 1953 for textile artist Ben Rose in Highland Park.
Filmed at Ben Rose House and Pavilion, 370 Beech St, Highland Park, Illinois (Beech Street, Highland Park, United States) — Cameron's house and garage were filmed here. A second source gives 42.17351,-87.78507 (within about 20 m) and IMDb lists the address as 'Beach Street' rather than Beech. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Private residence. Look from the public street only.
Handing the Ferrari to the attendant (1986)
The trio hands the Ferrari to a parking attendant. Cameron frets about every possible harm to it.
Set in Downtown parking garage — The trio hands the Ferrari to a parking attendant. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Parking garage at Madison St & S. Wells St, Chicago (Madison St & Wells St, Chicago, United States) — Reported location of the garage scene. No coordinate in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Looking out from the Sears Tower (1986)
The three look out from the observation deck. Cameron is uneasy at the height but takes in the view.
Set in Sears Tower observation deck (now Willis Tower) — The three look out over the city from the observation deck. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Completed in 1974 (SOM, Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan); the Skydeck is 1,353 ft up on the 103rd floor. Renamed Willis Tower.
Filmed at Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), 233 S. Wacker Dr, Chicago (Loop, Chicago, United States) — The skydeck scene is set here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Skydeck on the 103rd floor, open to visitors.
Ferris shouts at the trading floor (1986)
Ferris causes a stir around the trading floor and shouts out to the traders in French.
Set in Chicago Board of Trade — Ferris causes a stir around the trading floor. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Holabird & Root's 44-story Art Deco tower opened in 1930; Chicago's tallest until 1965.
Filmed at Chicago Board of Trade Building, 141 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago (Loop, Chicago, United States) — Building named by the Choose Chicago guide. Whether the trading-floor interior was filmed there is not known (the 1930 trading floor was demolished in 2004). Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Exterior viewable from Jackson Blvd.
Abe Froman, party of three (1986)
The three try to get a table at an upscale restaurant by posing as "Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago." The bluff grows with a fake call.
Set in Chez Quis restaurant — The three try to get a table at an upscale restaurant by posing as the sausage king of Chicago.
A quiet hour at the Art Institute (1986)
The friends spend a quiet stretch in the museum among famous paintings.
Set in Art Institute of Chicago — The friends spend a quiet stretch in the museum among famous paintings. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Founded 1879; moved into its lakefront building in 1893. A Seurat painting there appears in the film.
Filmed at Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave (Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States) — Museum scene filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Open to visitors; entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Cubs game at Wrigley Field (1986)
The three watch a Cubs game from the stands as the afternoon wears on.
Set in Wrigley Field — The three watch a Cubs game from the stands as the afternoon wears on. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Opened 1914 as Weeghman Park; the Cubs have played there since 1916.
Filmed at Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison St (Wrigleyville, Chicago, United States) — In-stadium shots came from a 24 Sept 1985 Expos-Cubs game. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Stadium tours and game tickets sold at the park.
Von Steuben Day parade float (1986)
Ferris climbs onto a parade float and performs for the crowd, dedicating a song to Cameron. Cameron worries about being seen.
Set in Von Steuben Day parade, S. Dearborn St — Ferris climbs onto a parade float and performs for the crowd. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at South Dearborn Street, Randolph St to Jackson Blvd, Chicago (S. Dearborn St, Chicago, United States) — The parade was filmed along this stretch on 28 Sept 1985. The pin is the Calder 'Flamingo' sculpture on the Dearborn stretch, a representative point rather than the exact camera spot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Public street in the Loop.
Rooney chases Ferris into the pizza place (1986)
Rooney follows Ferris into a pizza place and gets a cola straw thrown at him.
Set in Pizza parlor — Principal Rooney follows Ferris into a pizza place with a counter and a small arcade, and gets a cola straw thrown at him.
Position in the film is approximate: after the school scenes, among the downtown scenes (the source gives no exact order).
Filmed at Interior: Regular Jon's, 11645 San Vicente Blvd, Brentwood, Los Angeles (Brentwood, Los Angeles, United States) — Pizza place interior (counter and small arcade). Closed in 1991; the site is now a cafe. No coordinate in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Former restaurant site; look from the street only.
Filmed at Parking scene: Chestnut St & Chestnut Court, Winnetka, Illinois (Chestnut St, Winnetka, United States) — Where Rooney parks outside the pizza place. The pizza place exterior does not appear in the film. Village-level point for Winnetka only. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Public streets.
The dash across the neighbors' yards (1986)
Ferris hurries back across neighbors' yards and streets to beat his parents home.
Set in Neighbors' yards and streets — Ferris hurries back across neighbors' yards and streets to beat his parents home.
Filmed at Winnetka and Northbrook streets, Illinois (about 13 sites) (Winnetka, United States) — Village-level point for Winnetka; the individual streets are listed on the cited page. About 6 more sites are in California. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there:
Filmed at Maine North High School, 9511 Harrison St, Des Plaines, Illinois (Harrison St, Des Plaines, United States) — School interior (scene not specified) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Winnetka, Illinois (mother's real estate office) (Winnetka, United States) — Mother's real estate office Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Ferris Bueller — A high-school senior who fakes sick to take his friends on a day in Chicago.
- Cameron Frye — Ferris's anxious best friend, whose father owns the Ferrari.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is Ferris's house really?
- Where is Cameron's glass house?
- Where did the three go in Chicago?