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Ferris Bueller's Day Off 4K Blu-ray (UPDATED)
Posted June 5, 2023 05:52 PM by
Paramount Home Media Distribution has officially announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray John Hughes' classic comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, and Jennifer Grey. The release will be available for purchase on August 1.
UPDATE: A pre-order link for an upcoming 4K Blu-ray SteelBook Edition is now included.
Studio description: Matthew Broderick stars as the delightfully charming Ferris who, with his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and best bud Cameron (Alan Ruck), ditches school to enjoy one perfect day as a kid with no responsibilities.
Writer/director John Hughes' seminal comedy about a high school student's wild adventures in the Windy City during a single, magnificent day off continues to be enjoyed, quoted, and revered. The enduring classic captures the uproarious antics of Ferris and his friends as they relish the freedom of being not quite grown up.
In 2014, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF was added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, which serves as a compendium of films that have been judged to be culturally, aesthetically or historically important.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
Audio Commentary with Director John Hughes
Getting the Class Together: The Cast of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Who is Ferris Bueller?
The World According to Ben Stein
Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes
Digital copy of the film
Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles for the main feature
Very disappointed that this release does not include the confirmed deleted scenes that were given to Criterion to prep their release back in 2018. I hope the lackluster reaction to the Planes, Trains & Automobiles 4K transfer did not make Paramount cut corners on this release. This transfer better be flawless to justify this release.
Glad that commentary that was needlessly omitted from prior releases of the movies is getting restored, if nothing else. Hopefully this doesn't end up another Planes Trains and Automobiles debacle, because this movie's one of my faves.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but similar to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, isn’t there a bunch of Deleted Scenes from this film? Did they not have access to the Hughes archives?
A lot of people crapped on Paramount's Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, but I'm happy to own it. The old Blu-ray was awful. The 4K isn't a catastrophe like some have claimed.
@Sopranogl, I agree. Not amazing, but an improvement over the Blu-ray. The deleted scenes were worth the price of admission for me, so I'm sad that they're not doing the same for this release, but it's still a day-one buy for me!
I have few comedies in my collection and this is a good one, so it would be nice to buy it. I hope it's one of the good Paramount transfers (Indiana Jones, The Untouchables, Scream) and not the bad ones
Knowing Paramount, they'll probably screw up the 4K remaster of Ferris Bueller's Day Off just like how they screwed up The Godfather Trilogy and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 4K.
Guess I'll wait for the eventual War-Mart 4K/Blu/DVD pack since Paramount is back with a vengeance on their 4K only discs with nothing for the people who can't upgrade yet.
WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW Please post the link to the OG credits, since I’ve seen umpteen different credit reels and I have no clue what the original looks like.
Another edit no one mentioned: Rooney’s “Four years...” comment at the end was full throttle on the tapes and laserdisc, and was barely a whisper on the DVDs and Blu-ray.
And if someone - anyone - drops another copy of Bueller with the deleted scenes, I will double dip.
The scene in the Museum is a MasterClass in editing. A film that flawlessly captures art’s ability to influence our perception of ourselves and the world around us, especially when we’re least expecting it. All wrapped in a teen 80’s comedy that is too easily dismissed today by the general movie watching public. There is so much more to unwrap then what’s presented on the surface.
Very, very glad to see the John Hughes commentary restored to this release. Just the other night I was working on adding the commentary track from my old DVD to an HD version on my Plex server.
evercuriousgeek If you haven’t done this already, try dubbing in Rooney’s “four years I’ve spent chasing this kid” line from either a tape or a laserdisc, since it’s screwed up on all DVDs and Blu-rays of the movie.
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