St. Elmo's Fire

    • Tagline: "The passion burns deep"
    • Director: Joel Schumacher
    • Written by Joel Schumacher & Carl Kurlander
    • Release Date: June 28, 1985
    • Run Time: 110 min
    • Georgetown University refused to allow filming on campus; University of Maryland buildings were used instead
    • St. Elmo’s Bar in the film is actually the popular Georgetown night spot known as The Tombs
    • St. Elmo’s Fire is actually an electrical phenomenon, a visible discharge on pointed object (a ship’s mast, a church steeple, a plane’s wing) during a thunderstorm
  • St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 coming-of-age drama film about seven friends struggling to adjust to adulthood in the months after graduating from Georgetown University. The Joel Schumacher directed film boasted an ensemble cast of soon-to-be stars, including members of what would eventually become known as the Brat Pack. The film's themes of lost innocence and the struggle for personal independence helped it resonate with a generation of movie-goers.
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