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Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Sweater Vest Worn by Matthew Broderick Sells for $279,400 at Sotheby's New York Auction
The famous sweater vest worn by Matthew Broderick in the 1986 John Hughes teen comedy 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' sold at auction on Tuesday for $279,400 via Sotheby's in New York City. The sweater vest attracted 11 bids. Broderick wears the memorable photomatched vest during the 'Twist and Shout' sequence of the '80s film. 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' follows the titular character on an epic day playing hooky in Chicago at the end of the school year. More from WWD EXCLUSIVE: Sotheby's Taps Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to Showcase Napoleonic Treasures Julien's Auctions to Offer Key Menswear Pieces From Celebrities, Designers Diamonds, Dynasties and Drama: Marie Antoinette's Smuggled Pink Diamond Resurfaces, Heads to Christie's Auction 'Few items in film history carry the instant recognition and cultural weight of Ferris Bueller's sweater vest. It's more than just a costume — it's a piece of 1980s Americana that embodies a character, a decade, and a universal sense of youthful rebellion,' Ralph DeLuca, Sotheby's vice chairman, popular culture, said in a statement. 'As Sotheby's launches its newly dedicated Popular Culture department, offering this vest at auction marks a fitting start — an item that reflects the spirit of a beloved film and connects with audiences across generations.' 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' marked Oscar-nominated American costume designer Marilyn Vance's fourth collaboration with director John Hughes, the filmmaker behind such teen classics as 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Sixteen Candles.' Prior to working on 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' Vance collaborated with Hughes on his films 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Pretty in Pink,' the latter of which Hughes wrote but did not direct. According to Sotheby's, the sweater vest was one of Vance's initial ideas for creating the costumes for the titular character. Vance found the camel and chocolate brown sweater with its striking geometric pattern reminiscent of leopard print at Marshall Field's, according to Sotheby's. She cut the sleeves off to give the piece its memorable look. The 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' sweater vest sale coincides with the debut of Sotheby's newly dedicated Popular Culture department, led by DeLuca. Moving forward, Sotheby's will host dedicated multi-auction sales events twice a year — in October and April — for items spanning film, TV, music and comics. View Gallery Launch Gallery: Iconic Film Costumes: 'The Wizard of Oz,' 'Clueless,' 'Barbie' and More [PHOTOS] Best of WWD Stores Closing in the U.S. in 2025: Joann, Kohl's, JCPenney and More Companies Facing Financial Challenges The History Behind the World's Most Expensive Hats: From Princess Beatrice's Royal Wedding Headpiece to the $2.7 Million Chapeau D'Amour and More Every Winner in Miss World History: Opal Suchata Chuangsri, Priyanka Chopra and More
The Sun
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
80s movie star who played iconic villains makes rare appearance 23yrs after child abuse scandal ended glittering career
DISGRACED movie star Jeffrey Jones made a rare public appearance more than two decades after a child abuse scandal ended his glittering career. Jeffrey, who played the roles of iconic villains in the 80s, appeared on a panel with his former co-stars at The Hollywood Show. 4 4 The actor, who has been away from the public eye for years following his arrest in 2002, interacted with the audience and shared bits about his personal life. Jeffrey made a rare appearance to discuss the iconic 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in which he played the role of high school principal Ed Rooney. Chatting about the cult classic, the actor revealed he does not live in Los Angeles anymore. He told the audience: "I moved to live in the desert. "I didn't want to be in LA anymore, but I got my family here, and so little kids get old fast. I'm driving back and forth." The actor added: "I'm getting a place now in LA I've given up because I can't keep going back and forth from Burbank to the desert." On the panel, he also discussed what it was like to work with legendary director John Hughes, who passed away in 2009. The Beetlejuice actor said: "He entertained, and was certainly collaborative. "He wanted what he wanted. Usually it was a fight because there was time and budget to consider, and John didn't really pay much attention to that.' In November 2002, Jeffrey was arrested and charged with possession of sick child abuse images and soliciting a minor for nude photos, according to a report by The Los Angeles Times at the time. The actor later pleaded no contest to soliciting a minor while prosecutors dropped possession of sick child abuse images. A court sentenced Jeffrey to five years of probation, one year of psychological counselling and two years of drug and alcohol abuse counselling. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and prohibited from possessing any pornography. Jeffrey said at the time: "I am sorry that this incident was allowed to occur. "Such an event has never happened before and it will never happen again." In 2004, Jeffrey was arrested again after he failed to register himself as a sex offender when he moved to Florida and again in 2010 when he came back to LA. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 250 hours of community service, in addition to three years of probation. Last year, Jeffrey's character in Beetlejuice was killed off as part of the movie's long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 4
Daily Mail
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Disgraced 80s star surfaces for rare public event 22 years after child porn scandal
Jeffrey Jones made a rare public appearance on Friday, more than 20 years after a child porn scandal upended his professional and personal life. The actor, who worked with Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey and Mia Sara in the 1986 cult classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off, was reunited with some of the film's cast members for a panel discussion at The Hollywood Show. Jones, 78, played high school principal Ed Rooney, whose efforts to catch Ferris skipping school were foiled by the charismatic teen at every turn. When discussing life after the film, Jones told the audience he had left Los Angeles, without going into detail as to why. 'I moved to live in the desert. I didn't want to be in L.A. anymore, but I got my family here, and so little kids get old fast. I'm driving back and forth,' he said. The Beetlejuice actor, whose character was killed off as part of the plot of last year's long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, was last seen in 2019's Deadwood: The Movie revealed, 'I'm getting a place now in L.A. I've given up because I can't keep going back and forth from Burbank to the desert.' Jones was arrested in 2002 on charges of soliciting a minor for nude photos and possession of child pornography. He pleaded no contest to soliciting a minor, and prosecutors dropped the child pornography charge. He was sentenced to five years of probation, one year of psychological counseling and two years of drug and alcohol abuse counseling. The deal also required him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and prohibited him from possessing any pornography. 'I am sorry that this incident was allowed to occur. Such an event has never happened before and it will never happen again,' he told reporters following his sentencing. In 2004, he was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender when he moved to Sarasota, FL, and again in 2010 for failing to register when he moved back to Los Angeles. He plead guilty and was sentenced to 250 hours of community service and three years probation. On Friday's panel, Jones spoke about what it was like for him to work with legendary director John Hughes, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 59. When asked if Hughes collaborated with his actors, Jones answered, 'He certainly was. Yes, he was. He entertained,' according to People. Jones took some credit for one of his character's most embarrassing moments. 'Ed is trying to look into the house, and there was a window with a hose bed. So the shot was simply me standing on the hose bed trying to look into the window to see if I could find Ferris.' 'So I went to the ground people and borrowed a shovel, and they had some peat moss, and I turned it into a swamp because I had nothing else to do. So it wasn't a plot point, particularly, it was just an attention to detail. That was the kind of thing that John liked," he explained. Jones also said Hughes stuck to his vision. 'Actually, John wanted what he wanted, and he got it,' he claimed, adding, 'But usually it was a fight. I mean it oftentimes was a fight because there was time and budget to consider, and John didn't really pay much attention to that.' Also on the panel were Cindy Pickett, who played Ferris' mom, and Jonathan Schmock, who played the Chez Quis Maitre D. Pickett, shared that an important line in the film was improvised. 'The last line of the movie, "Life moves pretty fast," he just threw that in. It's not in the original script. He just threw that in. So yeah, he had the best time,' she said.
Daily Mail
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ferris Bueller's Day Off star Mia Sara, 57, who worked with Tom Cruise in a unicorn movie, is seen in rare snaps
Mia Sara was a huge movie star in the 1980s. The exotic-looking actress made her big-screen debut opposite Tom Cruise in the fantasy unicorn-seeking adventure Legend in 1985. Then one year later - at the age of 18 - this siren landed a major role in an iconic high school comedy, 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. The 57-year-old Hollywood stalwart has continued to work but has rarely been seen in public. But on Monday evening, the formerly dark-haired star hit her first red carpet in many years for the premiere of her new movie, based on a 2020 Stephen King novel of the same name, The Life of Chuck. She attended the premiere screening at Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles with Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill, who is also starring in the movie. Born Mia Sarapochiello in Brooklyn, New York, she was just 16 when she landed her big break as a princess to Cruise's man from the woods on Legend. The movie was anchored by Hollywood heavyweights - not just Cruise, but also superstar director Ridley Scott - yet still turned out to be a box office flop. But just one year later, Mia became a star across America when she starred as Sloane Peterson, the girlfriend of mischievous high school senior, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris gets his famous day off by pretending to be sick, and manages to get Sloane to join him by feeding the school the fake story that her grandmother has died. Upon its release, Ferris Bueller's Day Off became a thunderous box office success, earning $70 million with just a $5 million budget, and remains one of the best-loved high school comedies to ever made. Shortly after the movie came out, Mia showered praise on both Cruise and Matthew Broderick, whom she noted 'had much more experience' than she did. 'Tom was dedicated and I learned a lot of good work habits from him. And I respected Matt because I had seen him on Broadway. He was one of my favorites,' she told UPI. In the 1990s she featured in such movies as the Melanie Griffith drama A Stranger Among Us - directed by Sidney Lumet of 12 Angry Men fame - as well as the smash hit Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie Timecop. She continued acting on TV Programs like CSI: NY and movies like Dorothy & The Witches of Oz until 2013, when she took a hiatus that ultimately lasted longer than a decade. As early as 2010, she had remarked that she was 'mostly retired' as she had become a 'mother with a really noisy, difficult house to maintain!' The New York native also noted: 'I'm a poet, so for the last couple of years that's what I've been focusing on,' in an interview with Total Film. Mia now has a daughter named Amelia, 20, by her second and current husband Brian Henson, who is the son of The Muppets creator Jim Henson. She also has a 28-year-old son called Dashiell by her first husband Jason Connery, whose father was none other than James Bond legend Sean Connery. After many years away from the movies, she is back with The Life Of Chuck. Mia features amid a star-studded cast including Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hamill, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan and Nick Offerman. The movie earned a warm response from the critics when it premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, and will be out in theaters soon.
Daily Mail
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mia Sara, 57, starred with Tom Cruise then was in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, see her now in rare snaps
Mia Sara was a huge movie star in the 1980s. The exotic-looking actress made her big-screen debut opposite Tom Cruise in the fantasy unicorn-seeking adventure Legend in 1985. Then one year later - at the age of 18 - this siren landed a major role in an iconic high school comedy, 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. The 57-year-old Hollywood stalwart has continued to work but has rarely been seen. On Monday evening the formerly dark-haired star hit her first red carpet in many years for the premiere of her new movie. She was at The Life Of Chuck screening at Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles with Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill. Born Mia Sarapochiello in Brooklyn, New York, she landed her big break aged 16 with the 1985 fantasy film Legend starring her as a princess and Cruise as a man from the woods. The movie was anchored by Hollywood heavyweights - not just Tom but also director Ridley Scott - and yet turned out to be a flop at the box office. However, one year later, Mia became recognizable all over the country as Sloane Peterson, the girlfriend of mischievous high school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris gets his famous day off by pretending to be sick, and manages to get Sloane to join him by feeding the school the fake story that her grandmother has died. Upon its release, Ferris Bueller's Day Off became a thunderous box office success and remains one of the best-loved high school comedies to emerge from Hollywood. Shortly after the movie came out, Mia showered praise on both Cruise and Matthew Broderick, whom she noted 'had much more experience' than she did. 'Tom was dedicated and I learned a lot of good work habits from him. And I respected Matt because I had seen him on Broadway. He was one of my favorites,' she told UPI. In the 1990s she featured in such movies as the Melanie Griffith drama A Stranger Among Us - directed by Sidney Lumet of 12 Angry Men fame - as well as the smash hit Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie Timecop. She continued acting on TV Programs like CSI: NY and movies like Dorothy & The Witches of Oz until 2013, when she took a hiatus that ultimately lasted longer than a decade. As early as 2010, she had remarked that she was 'mostly retired' as she had become a 'mother with a really noisy, difficult house to maintain!' The New York native also noted: 'I'm a poet, so for the last couple of years that's what I've been focusing on,' in an interview with Total Film. Mia now has a daughter named Amelia, 20, by her second and current husband Brian Henson, who is the son of The Muppets creator Jim Henson. She also has a 28-year-old son called Dashiell by her first husband Jason Connery, whose father was none other than James Bond legend Sean Connery. After many years away from the movies, she is back with The Life Of Chuck. Mia features amid a star-studded cast including Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hamill, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan and Nick Offerman. The movie earned a warm response from the critics when it premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, and will be out in theaters soon.
