by Eric Blume
Director Joel Schumacher’s St. Elmo’s Fire captures 1985 perfectly: the word “yuppie” had just come into vogue, and this film follows seven Georgetown students finding themselves lost after graduation. They’re all white, attractive, fairly affluent, and awfully boring, and nothing much happens in the movie. So why is it so damn watchable?
St. Elmo’s Fire is a curio from this era, because while it wasn’t a huge box office success, it’s an instantly-recognizable title after 22 years. This of course is due to the film’s actors: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson, and Andrew McCarthy. Schumacher did manage lightning-in-a-bottle with that casting, and while very little about the film is objectively good, watching these actors near the start of their careers provides a kicky joy...
Director Joel Schumacher’s St. Elmo’s Fire captures 1985 perfectly: the word “yuppie” had just come into vogue, and this film follows seven Georgetown students finding themselves lost after graduation. They’re all white, attractive, fairly affluent, and awfully boring, and nothing much happens in the movie. So why is it so damn watchable?
St. Elmo’s Fire is a curio from this era, because while it wasn’t a huge box office success, it’s an instantly-recognizable title after 22 years. This of course is due to the film’s actors: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson, and Andrew McCarthy. Schumacher did manage lightning-in-a-bottle with that casting, and while very little about the film is objectively good, watching these actors near the start of their careers provides a kicky joy...
- 9/27/2017
- by Eric Blume
- FilmExperience
Prom is pretty self explanatory. The film follows a group of teenagers from the same high school around the end of the year. Some are a little more excited about the big dance than others, and some are too young to go, but they still have to be surrounded by a school filled with prom-fever!
Of course, there needs to be some sort of a base, so the story mainly revolves around Nova Prescott (Aimee Teegarden), a goody two-shoes who has worked her tail off to get into Georgetown on a full scholarship. She is class president, a phenomenal student, and head of the prom committee. When a fire destroys all of the decorations that she and her committee worked so hard on, she is stuck rebuilding everything by herself… or so she thought. In a way to get back at a delinquent student, Principal Dunnan (Jere Burns) forces bad...
Of course, there needs to be some sort of a base, so the story mainly revolves around Nova Prescott (Aimee Teegarden), a goody two-shoes who has worked her tail off to get into Georgetown on a full scholarship. She is class president, a phenomenal student, and head of the prom committee. When a fire destroys all of the decorations that she and her committee worked so hard on, she is stuck rebuilding everything by herself… or so she thought. In a way to get back at a delinquent student, Principal Dunnan (Jere Burns) forces bad...
- 4/29/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Andrew McCarthy is trading in a Georgetown bar for the Upper East Side, as he has signed on to direct an episode of "Gossip Girl" next year.
The CW has confirmed to Zap2it that McCarthy directed an episode for next spring -- shooting has already wrapped. McCarthy tells People, "We have a nice episode, all sorts of juicy little things happen" and goes on to hint at a "9 1/2 Weeks" situation in one of the storylines.
From what we remember of "9 1/2 Weeks," it tells the tale of an art gallery assistant (Kim Basinger) who gets pulled into an affair with a man (Mickey Rourke) who is into some rather kinky sex games.
Hmmm. Who on "Gossip Girl" has been involved in an art gallery? People speculated this storyline was about Serena and Tripp, but we're putting money on Lily and Rufus. Uh oh.
McCarthy also comments on the stars of...
The CW has confirmed to Zap2it that McCarthy directed an episode for next spring -- shooting has already wrapped. McCarthy tells People, "We have a nice episode, all sorts of juicy little things happen" and goes on to hint at a "9 1/2 Weeks" situation in one of the storylines.
From what we remember of "9 1/2 Weeks," it tells the tale of an art gallery assistant (Kim Basinger) who gets pulled into an affair with a man (Mickey Rourke) who is into some rather kinky sex games.
Hmmm. Who on "Gossip Girl" has been involved in an art gallery? People speculated this storyline was about Serena and Tripp, but we're putting money on Lily and Rufus. Uh oh.
McCarthy also comments on the stars of...
- 12/7/2009
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Get ready for a brand new breed of Brat Pack. Director Joel Schumacher is bringing his iconic oh-so-'80s flick St. Elmo's Fire to TV as an hour-long dramatic comedy. ABC is set to pick up the project, co-produced by Schumacher and actor Topher Grace (That '70s Show). The TV version of St. Elmo's Fire is being prepped as a more dramatic version of Friends, according to its producers. The show will introduce us to a group of six friends (three men and three women) who hang out at the St. Elmo's Bar & Grill in the original film's setting of Georgetown.
The 1985 film helped launch the careers of several young actors, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy. Casting will be key to the remake's success.Continue reading St. Elmo's Fire remake heads to ABC
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The 1985 film helped launch the careers of several young actors, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy. Casting will be key to the remake's success.Continue reading St. Elmo's Fire remake heads to ABC
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Pickups and Renewals,...
- 8/14/2009
- by Mike Moody
- Aol TV.
ABC is in the work on a dramedy series project based on "St Elmo's Fire," the 1985 movie that launched the filmmaking career of Joel Schumacher (Batman and Robin, 8Mm). The original film was one of the defining movies of the Brat Pack genre. It starred Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham as friends who had just graduated from Georgetown University and chronicled their adjustment to adulthood. The series version will use the movie as a takeoff point and as an inspiration as it introduces six new friends: three boys and three girls. What will remain is the setting -- Georgetown and St. Elmo's Bar and Restaurant, now called St. Elmo's Bar and Grill, where the friends hang out. And if the set-up looks a little bit like "Friends," that's Ok with writer Dan Bucatinsky. "I feel it is time to re-create...
- 8/14/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
ABC is developing "St. Elmo's Fire," a contemporary take on the 1985 movie that launched the filmmaking career of Joel Schumacher, says The Hollywood Reporter . The network landed the dramedy series project, executive produced by Schumacher, Topher Grace, Dan Bucatinsky and Jamie Tarses and to be written by Bucatinsky. The film starred Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham as friends who had just graduated from Georgetown University and chronicled their adjustment to adulthood. The series version will use the movie as a takeoff point and as an inspiration as it introduces six new friends: three boys and three girls. What will remain is the setting -- Georgetown and St. Elmo's Bar & Restaurant, now...
- 8/14/2009
- Comingsoon.net
ABC has the hots for "St. Elmo's Fire," a contemporary take on the 1985 movie that launched the filmmaking career of Joel Schumacher.
After strong interest from multiple networks, ABC landed the dramedy series project, exec produced by Schumacher, Topher Grace, Dan Bucatinsky and Jamie Tarses and to be written by Bucatinsky.
"Fire," which has received a script commitment with a penalty attached to it, hails from Sony Pictures TV, whose feature sibling owns the rights to the original movie.
That film, co-written and directed by Schumacher, was one of the defining movies of the Brat Pack genre. It starred Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham as friends who had just graduated from Georgetown University and chronicled their adjustment to adulthood.
"More than anything, the movie evokes a feeling that doesn't go away," Bucatinsky said, "the feeling of bonding with your friends who become your surrogate family.
After strong interest from multiple networks, ABC landed the dramedy series project, exec produced by Schumacher, Topher Grace, Dan Bucatinsky and Jamie Tarses and to be written by Bucatinsky.
"Fire," which has received a script commitment with a penalty attached to it, hails from Sony Pictures TV, whose feature sibling owns the rights to the original movie.
That film, co-written and directed by Schumacher, was one of the defining movies of the Brat Pack genre. It starred Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham as friends who had just graduated from Georgetown University and chronicled their adjustment to adulthood.
"More than anything, the movie evokes a feeling that doesn't go away," Bucatinsky said, "the feeling of bonding with your friends who become your surrogate family.
- 8/13/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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