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St. Elmoā€™s Fire
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Cast of St. Elmo's Fire-Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Andrew McCarthy-laughing together at a table in a cozy bar.
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St. Elmoā€™s Fire

film by Schumacher [1985]
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Cast of St. Elmo's Fire-Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Andrew McCarthy-laughing together at a table in a cozy bar.
St. Elmo's Fire Actors (from left) Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, and Andrew McCarthy in the film St. Elmo's Fire (1985).

St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 film directed by Joel Schumacher that follows seven recent graduates of Georgetown University as they navigate life after college. The film is considered a young adult counterpart to The Breakfast Club and is noted for its cast, which included members of the "Brat Pack," a group of popular young actors of the 1980s.1

The film's title refers to a natural electrical phenomenon, Saint Elmo's fire, which appears as a luminous glow on prominent points during stormy weather. This phenomenon is named after Saint Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors.2

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