St. Elmo's Fire (film)
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| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
| Written by | Joel Schumacher Carl Kurlander |
| Produced by | Lauren Shuler |
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| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum |
| Edited by | Richard Marks |
| Music by | David Foster |
Production company | Channel-Lauren Shuler |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $37.8 million |
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham. It centers on a clique of recent graduates of Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University, and their adjustment to post-university life and the responsibilities of adulthood. The film is a prominent movie of the Brat Pack genre. It received negative reviews from critics but was a box-office hit, grossing $37.8 million on a $10 million budget.