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User Rating:
5.9/10   11,025 votes
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Director:
Joel Schumacher
Writers:
Joel Schumacher (written by) &
Carl Kurlander (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for St. Elmo's Fire on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
17 October 1985 (Australia) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
The passion burns deep. more
Plot:
A Group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood. Their main problem is that they're all self-centered and obnoxious. | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
College | Virgin | Extramarital Affair | Coming Of Age | Infidelity
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Cast
  (Cast overview, first billed only)

	Emilio Estevez	... 	Kirby Keger

	Rob Lowe	... 	Billy Hicks

	Andrew McCarthy	... 	Kevin Dolenz

	Demi Moore	... 	Jules

	Judd Nelson	... 	Alec Newbary

	Ally Sheedy	... 	Leslie Hunter

	Mare Winningham	... 	Wendy Beamish
	Martin Balsam	... 	Mr. Beamish

	Andie MacDowell	... 	Dale Biberman
	Joyce Van Patten	... 	Mrs. Beamish
	Jenny Wright	... 	Felicia
	Blake Clark	... 	Wally
	Jon Cutler	... 	Howie Krantz
	Matthew Laurance	... 	Ron Dellasandro

	Gina Hecht	... 	Judith


Additional Details
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
110 min | Canada:108 min (Ontario)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:M | Iceland:L | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Norway:16 | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #27681) | West Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16
Filming Locations:
Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, USA more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
The "booga-booga" cheer that the friends do when they are celebrating or just in a good mood was not originally in the script. In a later interview, 'Rob Lowe (I)' stated that the cheer came out of observing fans whispering about the stars of the movie and then laughing. The cheer itself makes fun of what these whispered conversations sounded like from a few feet away. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The film takes place at and around Georgetown University. However, various characters in the film are seen wearing red/white varsity letter jackets, the colors of the University of Maryland, where the campus scenes were filmed. Georgetown's colors are Blue, Gray, and White. more
Quotes:
Billy: Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge. more