<P> Stein says he got the role of Bueller's Economics teacher through six degrees of separation . "Richard Nixon introduced me to a man named Bill Safire, who's a New York Times columnist . He introduced me to a guy who's an executive at Warner Brothers . He introduced me to a guy who's a casting director . He introduced me to John Hughes . John Hughes and I are among the only Republicans in the picture business, and John Hughes put me in the movie", Stein said . Hughes said that Stein was an easy and early choice for the role of the teacher: "He wasn't a professional actor . He had a flat voice, he looked like a teacher ." </P> <P> "Chicago is what I am," said Hughes . "A lot of Ferris is sort of my love letter to the city . And the more people who get upset with the fact that I film there, the more I'll make sure that's exactly where I film . It's funny--nobody ever says anything to Woody Allen about always filming in New York . America has this great reverence for New York . I look at it as this decaying horror pit . So let the people in Chicago enjoy Ferris Bueller ." </P> <P> For the film, Hughes got the chance to take a more expansive look at the city he grew up in . "We took a helicopter up the Chicago River . This is the first chance I'd really had to get outside while making a movie . Up to this point, the pictures had been pretty small . I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could, not just the architecture and the landscape, but the spirit ." Shooting began in Chicago on September 9, 1985 . In late October 1985, the production moved to Los Angeles, and shooting ended on November 22 . The Von Steuben Day Parade scene was filmed on September 28 . Scenes were filmed at several locations in downtown Chicago and Winnetka (Ferris's home, his mother's real estate office, etc .). Many of the other scenes were filmed in Northbrook, Illinois, including at Glenbrook North High School, on School Drive, the long, curvy street on which Glenbrook North and neighboring Maple Middle School are situated . The exterior of Ferris's house is located at 4160 Country Club Drive, Long Beach, California . </P> <P> The modernist house of Cameron Frye is located in Highland Park, Illinois . Known as the Ben Rose House, it was designed by architects A. James Speyer, who designed the main building in 1954, and David Haid, who designed the pavilion in 1974 . It was once owned by photographer Ben Rose, who had a car collection in the pavilion . In the film Cameron's father is portrayed as owning a Ferrari 250 GT California in the same pavilion . According to Lake Forest College art professor Franz Shulze, during the filming of the scene where the Ferrari crashes out of the window, Haid explained to Hughes that he could prevent the car from damaging the rest of the pavilion . Haid fixed connections in the wall and the building remained intact . Haid said to Hughes afterward, "You owe me $25,000", which Hughes paid . Other scenes were shot in Chicago, River Forest, Oak Park, Northbrook, Highland Park, Glencoe and Winnetka, Lake Forest and Long Beach, California . After Ben Rose's death in 2009 the house was offered for sale and was sold in 2014 . </P>

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