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Ferris Bueller house sells for just over $1M

The iconic mid-century home of fictional character Cameron Frye in the classic 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off has been sold for more than $1 million.

House known for Ferrari crash scene in classic John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller movie house for sale

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The house where Ferris Bueller's best friend Cameron Frye lived in the popular '80s movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off is up for sale for $1.5M

The Chicago-area home where Ferris Bueller's friend Cameron famously "killed" his father's prized Ferrari finally has a new owner.

Crain's Chicago Businessreports that the modernist home in Highland Park sold Thursday for $1.06 million.

The sleek house was featured in John Hughes' 1986 filmFerrisBueller'sDay Offas the home of Cameron Frye, played by Alan Ruck.

Craig Hogan is regional director at Coldwell Banker Previews. He wouldn't say who bought the four-bedroom, steel-and-glass house built on the edge of a wooded ravine.

The house, built in 1953 by Mies van der Rohe-protege A. James Speyer, was first put on the market in 2009 listed at $2.3 million.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom, metal and glass house isbest known for the scene when Frye bucked against his father's oppressive manner by literally kicking his father'svintage Ferrarioff a jack and through the floor to ceiling glass in the home's pavilion.

After the Ferrari crashes through the glass into the ravine, Ferris tells Cameron: "You killed the car."

The famous garage in the scene where Bueller's best friend accidentally kicks his father's vintage Ferrari off a jack and though the floor to ceiling glass in the home's pavilion. (Coldwell Banker)