St. Elmo's Fire - The passion burns deep
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | St. Elmo's Fire - The passion burns deep |
| Original title | St. Elmo's Fire |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| script | Joel Schumacher Carl Kurlander |
| production | Lauren Shuler Donner |
| music | David Foster |
| camera | Stephen H. Burum |
| cut | Richard Marks |
| occupation | |
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St. Elmo's Fire is an American film by director Joel Schumacher from 1985. Today it is considered a classic of so-called teenage films. Some of the actors were included in the Brat Pack and were among the most hopeful talents of their generation.
action
The film tells the story of seven young people who enter professional life after graduating from Georgetown University and try to find their own identity. The story is told in episodes.
Billy dreams of a career as a musician, but falls for alcohol. Cocaine addict Jules sleeps with her boss in order to climb the corporate ladder at the bank. Social worker Wendy can't get away from her parents and falls in love with Billy. Law student Kirby, who also works as a waiter, falls in love with budding doctor Dale. Yuppie Alec works for a Republican senator and wants to marry architecture student Leslie, and last but not least, Kevin, the gang's romantic dreamer who wants to become a writer. His secret is that he is hopelessly in love with Leslie.
St. Elmo's Fire is often mentioned in the same breath as The Breakfast Club and is one of many films from the 1980s that are about identifying and growing up young people of the time.
synchronization
| role | actor | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Alec Newbary | Judd Nelson | Pierre Franckh |
| Kirby Keger | Emilio Estevez | Hans-Georg Panczak |
| Billy Hicks | Rob Lowe | Ekkehardt Belle |
| Kevin Dolenz | Andrew McCarthy | Pierre Peters-Arnolds |
| Wendy Beamish | Mare Winningham | Katharina Lopinski |
| Jules | Demi Moore | Gudrun Vaupel |
| Dale Biberman | Andie MacDowell | Ursula Wolff |
| Mr. Beamish | Martin Balsam | Herbert Weicker |
criticism
“Group portrait told in episodes, which is staged without pathos and gestures, but is all too pleasing in the description of growing up. What is remarkable is the image of young people today who are noticeable less for rebellion than for adapting to the given reality. "
backgrounds
- St. Elmo's Fire is the English term for Elmsfeuer , a light phenomenon caused by electrical charges.
- The characters in the film were all at Georgetown University. After those responsible at the university had read the script, they refused permission to film. The campus scenes were filmed on the University of Maryland grounds .
- Mare Winningham was pregnant when she played the "virgin" Wendy in the film.
- Demi Moore, like her character in the film, had a drug problem during the filming and had to show a negative drug test to play a drug addict.
- The film grossed over $ 38 million at a cost of $ 14 million.
- The theme song sung by John Parr , St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) , became a number one hit on the US charts . The soundtrack album of the same name, on which the song appeared, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special at the 1986 Grammy Awards .
literature
- Jonathan Bernstein: Pretty in Pink. The Golden Age of Teenage Cinema. New York 1997. ISBN 0-312-15194-2
Web links
- St. Elmo's Fire - The passion is burning deep in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- St. Elmo's Fire - The passion burns deep atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Synchronkartei.de
- ↑ St. Elmo's Fire - The passion burns deep. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ John Parr , grammy.com