St. Elmo's Fire

Starring:Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell, Joyce Van Patten, Jenny Wright, Blake Clark, Jon Cutler, Matthew Laurance, Gina Hecht, Anna Maria Horsford, Patrick Winningham, Andy Scott, Christian Iraberen, Daniel Iribarren
Director: Joel Schumacher
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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A collective vanity piece for the so-called Brat Pack of the 1980s, this coming-of-age movie--written and directed by Joel Schumacher (A Time to Kill)--is a largely unbelievable ensemble piece about college grads having trouble getting a lift-off into adulthood. As in John Hughes's Breakfast Club--which has a lot of casting overlap with this film--each actor plays a rather narrow type with problems common to his or her classification. Some (as with Rob Lowe's seemingly doomstruck character) are more absurd than others. But absurdity isn't the issue in this movie; a general sense of indulgence is. Schumacher not only presumes an undeserved mystique about this cast, but he also exploits it and comes up empty. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

80's Classic.......2007-03-08

This movie is best seen right after you graduate college. In fact I think it makes a great gift for a recent college grad because you're exactly where the characters are. You can't really do much better than this movie because the cast is wonderful, the soundtrack is gloriously 80's, and the themes are still applicable today. Yeah, some of it was contrived, but what 80's classic wasn't. This movie was absolutely wonderful.

THIS DVD IS IN GERMAN!!!.......2007-01-26

Absolutely useless to me. The DVD is in German, and will not even play on my DVD player. What a ripoff. I just spent 10 bucks on a DVD that is going straight into the trash. DON'T ORDER FROM THIS SELLER! NO RETURNS are possible once you open the package!!!!

St Elmo's Fire rocks!.......2007-01-16

Great movie in the theatre and at home! One of my most treasured movies. Classic 80's, fun girls night movie.

St. Elmos Fire.......2007-01-13

Purchased for my favorite teen who loves 80's movies. The movie was insight into the gen X way of some, of lost and indulgent college kids. For my teen it was a affective learning experience about that generation.

Brat pack at it's best.......2007-01-04

Packed full of stars, this is one of the greats from the 80's. If it's been awhile since you've seen it, get it and watch it again. You'll love it. Then go and get 'The Breakfast Club'... :-)

Average customer rating:

Not Bad
Goodbye Paul
Edited

Amnesia

Manufacturer: Digiview
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000BCLPGA

Product Description

A Minister has found himself heavily involved in an illicit affair with his son's teacher. Unable to see an end to his deceptive path, he fakes his own death. However, his plan goes awry and he is left with no recollection of himself or his former life.

Customer Reviews:

Not Bad.......2007-03-10

This movie is a little campy. There's a great little scene where the luckless, fatherless stepson of the bad preacher is playing with a paddleball and he just can't hit that ball for nothin'. That's kind of his lot in life. His stepfather's too busy sleeping with the women in his congregation to take notice of him. The mom (Ally Sheedy) is lost in her own little world of inhibition and resentment. About two-thirds of the way through it began to really seem like the actors were adlibbing the dialogue as they went. The storyline starts looking like a copy of Misery toward the end. But there's some good acting (especially Sally Kellerman) and a great soundtrack. The movie's entertaining, not extraordinarily so, but a pleasant way to spend two hours.

Goodbye Paul.......2005-12-27

I read the other review on this site, and I see that it gave only one star because the film was edited, not because the film was poor. The one star rating was in anger over the editing.

I can sympathize with that, but I've never seen the original so I can only rate it on what I saw, and this is a funny film. Maybe it would have been more enjoyable with some nudity, but it stands on its own just fine without it.

It is the story of a very annoying minister, a real obnoxious jerk who happens to be a womanizer. He has no redeeming social value. He is the one who ends up getting amnesia, after falling from a rowboat in a lake while in the process of faking his own death in order to begin life anew with his girlfriend, ditching his wife and her son.

That is where Sally Kirkland comes in. She's funny. The man, now with amnesia, wanders into her motel, and she won't let him go. She's a lonely and crazy woman, and she decides that this man is her soul mate, even if she has to tie his wrists and ankles to the bed to keep him there.

Meanwhile, both his wife and his girlfriend have a tough decision to make. Should they kill him for the insurance or not? Ally Sheedy does an excellent deadpan job as the wife. I remember enjoying her in Breakfast Club so many years ago.

This movie reminds me of the great song by the Dixie Chicks, Goodbye Earl.

Edited.......2005-12-04

The Digiview Version of this title, all be it inexpensive, is an edited version. This decent "B" Title has been chopped to remove the nudity for this cheap DVD release. I don't know if Digiview did it or it is just the copy they got, but the R rating doesn't really apply to this version.

Average customer rating:

80's Classic
THIS DVD IS IN GERMAN!!!
St Elmo's Fire rocks!
St. Elmos Fire
Brat pack at it's best

St. Elmo's Fire [Region 2]
Starring: Emilio Estevez , Rob Lowe , Andrew McCarthy , Demi Moore , and Judd Nelson
Director: Joel Schumacher
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00004T8WS

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Customer Reviews:

80's Classic.......2007-03-08

THIS DVD IS IN GERMAN!!!.......2007-01-26

St Elmo's Fire rocks!.......2007-01-16

Great movie in the theatre and at home! One of my most treasured movies. Classic 80's, fun girls night movie.

St. Elmos Fire.......2007-01-13

Brat pack at it's best.......2007-01-04

Packed full of stars, this is one of the greats from the 80's. If it's been awhile since you've seen it, get it and watch it again. You'll love it. Then go and get 'The Breakfast Club'... :-)

Average customer rating:

80's Classic
THIS DVD IS IN GERMAN!!!
St Elmo's Fire rocks!
St. Elmos Fire
Brat pack at it's best

St. Elmo's Fire [Region 2]
Starring: Emilio Estevez , Rob Lowe , Andrew McCarthy , Demi Moore , and Judd Nelson
Director: Joel Schumacher
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

Pretty in Pink (Special Collector's Edition)
The Breakfast Club (High School Reunion Collection)
Sixteen Candles (High School Reunion Collection)
Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
Brat Pack Collection (The Breakfast Club/ Sixteen Candles/ Weird Science)

ASIN: B00004TYY6

Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

80's Classic.......2007-03-08

THIS DVD IS IN GERMAN!!!.......2007-01-26

St Elmo's Fire rocks!.......2007-01-16

Great movie in the theatre and at home! One of my most treasured movies. Classic 80's, fun girls night movie.

St. Elmos Fire.......2007-01-13

Brat pack at it's best.......2007-01-04

Packed full of stars, this is one of the greats from the 80's. If it's been awhile since you've seen it, get it and watch it again. You'll love it. Then go and get 'The Breakfast Club'... :-)

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