St. Elmo's Fire
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham. It centers on a clique of recent graduates of Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University, and their adjustment to post-university life and the responsibilities of adulthood. The film is a prominent movie of the Brat Pack genre. It received negative reviews from critics but was a box-office hit, grossing $37.8 million on a $10 million budget.
Plot
Recent Georgetown University graduates Alec, Leslie, Kevin, Jules, and Kirby wait to hear about the conditions of their friends: Wendy, a sweet-natured young woman devoted to helping others, and Billy, a former fraternity boy and now reluctant husband and father, after a minor car accident caused by Billy's drinking. At the hospital, Kirby spots a medical student named Dale, with whom he has been infatuated since college.
Awards
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author | Joel Schumacher |
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award | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
contentLocation | Washington, D.C. |
director | Joel Schumacher |
editor | Richard Marks |
genre | drama romance |
keywords | bus station car accident clothe credit card drink engage fired from the job freeze to death gas station georgetown university girdle halloween halloween party help houlihan\'s hypothermia jewish boy love make up married medical student morning move new york city ski lodge young woman |
musicBy | David Foster |
nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
producer | Lauren Shuler Donner |
productionCompany | Channel-Lauren Shuler |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
theme | coming-of-age romantic drama |