Guide Note: St. Elmo’s Fire is a 1985 drama film about seven friends struggling to adjust to adulthood, in the months after graduating from Georgetown University. The ensemble cast became collectively known as the "Brat Pack."
Fast Facts:
- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Release Date: June 28, 1985
- Starring: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham
- Run Time: 110 min
- Georgetown University refused to allow filming on campus; University of Maryland buildings were used instead
- St. Elmo’s Bar in the film is actually the popular Georgetown night spot known as The Tombs
- St. Elmo’s Fire is an electrical phenomenon, a visible discharge on pointed object (a ship’s mast, a church steeple, a plane’s wing) during a thunderstorm
