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.
Cast
- Emilio Estevez - Kirby Keger
- Rob Lowe - Billy Hicks
- Demi Moore - Jules Jacoby
- Andrew McCarthy - Kevin Dolenz
- Judd Nelson - Alec Newbury
- Ally Sheedy - Leslie Hunter
- Mare Winningham - Wendy Beamish
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Fast Facts
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Tagline
"The passion burns deep"
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Director
Joel Schumacher
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Fact:
Written by Joel Schumacher & Carl Kurlander
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Release Date
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Run Time
110 min
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Fact:
Georgetown University refused to allow filming on campus; University of Maryland buildings were used instead
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Fact:
St. Elmo’s Bar in the film is actually the popular Georgetown night spot known as The Tombs
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Fact:
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
