St. Elmo's Fire Movie

St. Elmo's Fire
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Run Time: 110 min
MPAA Rating: R
Released: 1985
Directors: Joel Schumacher
Genre/Type: Drama
Coming-of-Age
Ensemble Film
Producers: Bernard Schwartz
Lauren Shuler
Ned Tanen
Plot Synopsis by Brian J. Dillard
Post-collegiate angst, '80s style, is the subject of this coming-of-age ensemble piece, which traces the fortunes of a group of Georgetown grads as they enter the real world and grapple with work, infidelity, and adulthood. The most outwardly upscale member of the gang, Jules (Demi Moore), hides a plethora of emotional baggage behind a chic wardrobe, an expensive apartment, a fashionable drug habit, and lots of meaningless casual sex. Her friend Wendy (Mare Winningham) has the opposite problem; a trust-fund baby with body-image issues and little sexual experience, she's hung up on Billy (Rob Lowe), a no-good, sax-playing drunkard who can't face up to his responsibilities in the job market or at home with his wife and young child. Such open infidelity is anathema to Alex (Judd Nelson), who must maintain a sense of propriety even while engaging in compulsive womanizing; after all, the Democrat-turned-Republican's nascent political career requires the sort of picture-perfect relationship he shares with girlfriend Leslie (Ally Sheedy). That doesn't sit too well with tortured writer Kevin (Andrew McCarthy), who toils away at a newspaper job and pines away for the unattainable Leslie. Unrequited love also dogs Kirby (Emilio Estevez), a law-school student whose greatest wish is to romance classy doctor Dale Biberman (Andie MacDowell), who is, alas, way out of his league. Co-written by director Joel Schumacher and his studio intern, Carl Kurlander, St. Elmo's Fire spawned the number one pop hit "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)," which was credited to John Parr but co-written by music producer David Foster.

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A Group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood. Their main problem is that they're all self-centered and obnoxious. | add synopsis
Sex & Nudity Two sex scenes Violence & Gore A few fight scenes Profanity Some language, mostly the s-word. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking Alec, Jules and Billy occasionally smoke cigarettes while Kevin smokes plenty of times. Jules is seen d...
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Actors Character Born
Rob Lowe Billy Mar 17, 1964 in Charlottesville, VA
Demi Moore Jules Nov 11, 1962 in Roswell, NM
Andrew McCarthy Kevin Nov 29, 1962 in Westfield, NJ
Judd Nelson Alex Nov 28, 1959 in Portland, ME
Ally Sheedy Leslie Jun 13, 1962 in New York City, NY
Emilio Estevez Kirby May 12, 1962 in New York City, NY
Mare Winningham Wendy
Martin Balsam Mr. Beamish Nov 4, 1919 in Bronx, New York City, NY
Jon Cutler Howie Krantz
Joyce Van Patten Mrs. Beamish Mar 9, 1934 in New York City, NY
Andie MacDowell Dale Biberman Apr 21, 1958 in Gaffney, SC
Jenny Wright Felicia
Blake Clark Wally
Judy Kain Woman Banker
Kaaren Lee Welfare Woman
Jennifer Shull
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