Saint Elmo's Fire Details

1985

Rated:
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Starring	Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore
Director	Joel Schumacher
Genres	Drama

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Saint Elmo's Fire

Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favourite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy) are career-minded and heading towards marriage. Virginal Wendy (Mare Winningham) only has eyes for wild, would-be rocker Billy (Rob Lowe)--whose wife and child don't prevent him from trying to relive his college days. Kevin (Andrew McCarthy) ponders the meaning of life and secretly desires Leslie, while his roommate Kirbo (Estevez) pursues an elusive older woman (Andie MacDowell). Jules (Demi Moore) rounds out the group with her massive debts and cocaine problem. Joel Schumacher's twentysomething ensemble piece stands, for better or worse, as a revealing peek into the popular cinema--and values--of the 1980s. The film also represented a graduation of sorts, as Estevez, Sheedy, and Nelson portrayed high school students in John Hughes's THE BREAKFAST CLUB earlier in 1985.

Starring	Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham
Director	Joel Schumacher
Studio	UCA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 43 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Eighties Greats
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English Blu-ray: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released	DVD: 27 May 2004 Blu-ray: 03 Aug 2009 Production year: 1985
Format	DVD

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A Brat Pack movie that most of the cast would probably like to forget, this is now a great example of the excesses of the 1980s and a reminder to young actors that it can all go horribly wrong or — in the case of Demi Moore and Mare Winningham for a short time — wonderfully right. Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy and Judd Nelson — all of whose careers have never been the same again — are the college pals trying to make their way in the world while wrestling with problems like drug abuse, a teenage marriage, unrequited love and hidden sexuality. Directed by Batman and Robin's Joel Schumacher, this is glossy and glib like so much else from the decade it represents, but it's also a fascinating record of what that generation was watching, wearing and listening to.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
"...Seven attention-getting young stars....ST. ELMO'S FIRE is as good a film as any to put into a time capsule this year..."
- New York Times
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful

80's class....

Do you remember a time before chavs?. A time when people on social security still wanted to find a job?. If you do then you remember the 1980's..... This film is a classic from a decade when films like Saint Elmo's Fire reflected the times like no other. If you are too young to have been around in the 80's watch this film. You will have a good laugh at the hair styles, and maybe the clothes. But the soundtrack is one to remember. Enjoy.
- - Paul from Lancashire
  - Posted 23 Oct 2005 22:06
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Good Entertainment

I have seen this film before yes it is an 80's film. But this is one that can still stand the test of time. It explores what we all feel when we leave school or college. Finding our way in the world. Excellent cast. Even my 13 year old daughter enjoyed this, miracle usually if its more than a week old it rubbish in her eyes.
- - A customer from Plymouth Devon
  - Posted 09 Feb 2005 09:25
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