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BLACK SCREEN MAIN TITLES IT'S SILENT. A BEAT...AND AN EXPLOSION OF SOUND. A HOUSEHOLD IN THE MORNING. KIDS GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL. CLOCK RADIOS. KITCHEN APPLIANCES. SHOWERS. FIGHTING. PEOPLE YELLING. DOG BARKING. APPLIANCES BUZZING. CAR HORNS. IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE YOUR HOUSE DID. STREAMS OF ROCK'N ROLL FADE IN AND OUT. HUEY LEWIS TO LIONEL RITCHIE TO HUSKER DU. SURROUND MAKES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE ROOM. AN AURAL TOUR OF A HOUSE ON A SCHOOL MORNING. BEGINING IN THE KITCHEN AND MOVING UPSTAIRS. FATHER'S VOICE (TOM) Where's my wallet?! YOU IDIOT!! MOM! SHUT-UP! SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY (TODD) TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL (KIMBERLY) TODD EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL (JEANIE) I NEED A TOWEL!! JOYCE! TOM KIMBERLY (whispers, sadistic) When you turn ten, your head's going to swell up real big like a watermelon and we're going to have to put you to sleep like they do with a dog. MOM! JOYCE!! TODD TOM JEANIE WHO PISSED ON THE TOILET SEAT!? MOTHER!! TOM Where's Mom? TODD Is my head going to swell up? What?! TOM
2. JEANIE OH, MY GOD! THE TOILET PAPER'S ALL WET!!! MOTHER (JOYCE) (screams) TOM! The house falls dead SILENT. We hear footsteps thundering through the house. A TENSE STRAIN OF MUSIC FADES UP. TODD What's that? KIMBERLY Wait! Hold still! What?! TODD KIMBERLY You heads starting to swell up!! Todd screams. We hear the sound of Tom's footsteps running through the kitchen, down the hall, up the stairs, up the hallway. A door open. Look at him! CLOSE-UP. FERRIS TOM (breathless) What's the matter? JOYCE (worried) It's <strong>Ferris</strong>! TOM What's wrong? JOYCE (snaps) What's wrong? For Christ's sake! An eighteen year-old boy. He's staring lifelessly at CAMERA. His mouth's open. His eyes are bugged-out. His tongue is fat and dry in his mouth. He's laying in bed, on his side. INT. BOY'S BEDROOM <strong>Ferris</strong>' parents, TOM and JOYCE BUELLER are standing at bedside. They're in their late forties, early fifties.
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Page 5 and 6: 4. FERRIS (CONT'D) I have a test to
Page 7 and 8: 6. CU. FERRIS FERRIS I'll be okay.
Page 9 and 10: 8. FERRIS I don't care if you're fi
Page 11 and 12: 10. INT. BEDROOM He walks across th
Page 13 and 14: 12. FERRIS (CONT'D) You blow your d
Page 15 and 16: 14. CAMERON I feel like complete sh
Page 17 and 18: 16. INT. FAMILY ROOM. FERRIS He's s
Page 19 and 20: 18. CU. KITCHEN DRAWER Hands rippin
Page 21 and 22: 20. INT. SCHOOL. DEAN'S OUTER OFFIC
Page 23 and 24: 22. INT. CAMERON'S ROOM He's sittin
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Page 27 and 28: He puts Cameron on hold. He clears
Page 29 and 30: 28. EXT. CHICAGO LOOP. DIAMONDVISIO
Page 31 and 32: 30. He exits the room. INT. HALLWAY
Page 33 and 34: 32. ROONEY Could you get me Mr. Pet
Page 35 and 36: 34. CU. PHONE The second line light
Page 37 and 38: 36. FERRIS (mouths) Great! Cameron
Page 39 and 40: 38. FERRIS I didn't deliberately hu
Page 41 and 42: 40. FERRIS (CONT'D) of shit. I have
Page 43 and 44: 42. SLOANE Oh. Um. Yeah. Very. She
Page 45 and 46: 44. TELLER Ferris Bueller? FERRIS H
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52. INT. ROOM. CLOSET The closet do
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54. EXT. STREET FERRIS AND SLOANE (
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56. Tomorrow? FERRIS CAMERON If you
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58. SLOANE Yeah. But I'm gonna try
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60. FERRIS Are you suggesting that
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62. JEANIE (CONT'D) Because I'm sic
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64. JEANIE Alright. How about if I
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66. FERRIS (CONT'D) I think it's a
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68. EXT. STREET. CAB Tom and his pa
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70. SLOANE (V.O.) (CONT'D) They hav
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Cameron looks over the side of the
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74. CU. ROONEY He's still staring.
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76. He and half a dozen homely Germ
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78. FERRIS COME ON, COME ON, COME O
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80. EXT. STREET. DECK The entire pa
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82. ROONEY B.S. Come down here. FER
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84. FERRIS Cameron looks like a tod
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86. CU. JEANIE She's furious. JEANI
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Cameron and Ferris are on the floor
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90. ROONEY (pause) He's one of my s
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92. D.J. Sorry about that. It's coo
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94. INT. SCHOOL. HALLWAY A even lar
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96. INT. CAR Boyd looks out the win
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98. INT. KITCHEN JEANIE (CONT'D) I'
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100. EXT. EXPRESSWAY The Ferrari is
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102. The door slams shut. EXT. NEIG
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104. FERRIS (CONT'D) Then we have t
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106. CU. CAMERON He doesn't respond
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108. Cameron's smiling. What? SLOAN
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110. BOY Then your problem is you.
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112. FERRIS Hello's generic. SLOANE
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114. THEIR POV The Ferrari travels
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116. INT. POLICE STATION. WAITING R
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118. "...in the amount of $1,765.33
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120. CU. JEANIE She raises her hand
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122. Ferris! JOYCE (O.S.) Ferris co
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