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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 11/02/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age, Ensemble Film See Also: St. Elmo's Fire [Blu-ray]

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. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Rob Lowe - Billy
Demi Moore - Jules
Andrew McCarthy - Kevin
Judd Nelson - Alex
Ally Sheedy - Leslie
Emilio Estevez - Kirby
Mare Winningham - Wendy
Andie MacDowell - Dale Biberman

Joel Schumacher's quintessential brat pack opus St. Elmo's Fire comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 4.0 and Dolby Digital Surround, while Spanish, French, and Portuguese soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible for all four of those languages as well as Chinese, Korean, and Thai. Supplemental materials include a director's commentary track, a making-of featurette, trailers, production notes, and the music video for John Parr's anthemic "Man in Motion." Whatever one thinks of the film, this is a rather strong package from Columbia/Tri Star, especially considering the film is over 15 years old. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide