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I finally remembered the title of the movie from the genre we were discussing tonight in my Christmas room, but couldn't for the life of me dance a name good enough for anyone (much less Peasy in her pre-b-day state of mind 
) to know what i was talking about. So here it is:
St. Elmo's Fire, released in 1985, was one of the defining movies of the 1980s brat pack genre. Its major stars, slick editing and production and its soundtrack made it a financial (although not a critical) success.
This coming-of-age film revolves around a group of friends that have just graduated from Georgetown University and their adjustment to their post-university lives, the quarter-life crisis, and the responsibilities of encroaching adulthood.
This film was significant to me not in that it was my favorite of the Brat Pack, but because it was with high school friends the summer before we headed off to college! A good memory indeed of a warm summer night.
For the reminiscing of those who were singing from the era (nvm Grumpy's side-track to hippiedom), here is the full list:
Brat Pack (movies)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "Brat Pack" was the generic name given by the press to a group of young actors and actresses that became famous in the 1980s and frequently appeared together in teen-oriented films. The name "Brat Pack" came from a 1985 cover story in New York Magazine by David Blum (June 10, 1985, pp. 40-47). The term is a play on the Rat Pack from the 1960s. Popular films that featured members of the "Brat Pack" include:
Class (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
About Last Night (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The eight people most commonly included in the Brat Pack are:
Emilio Estevez
Anthony Michael Hall
Rob Lowe
Andrew McCarthy
Demi Moore
Judd Nelson
Molly Ringwald (she has the hots for short guys in pointy hats I hear)
Ally Sheedy
Other actors who appeared in films with the Brat Pack could be considered auxiliary members of the Pack:
Kevin Bacon
Matthew Broderick
Tom Cruise
Jon Cryer
John Cusack
Matt Dillon
Robert Downey, Jr.
Jami Gertz
Melissa Gilbert
Jennifer Grey
C. Thomas Howell
Diane Lane
Mary Stuart Masterson
Elizabeth McGovern
Charlie Sheen
James Spader
Kiefer Sutherland
Patrick Swayze
Lea Thompson
Eric Stoltz
Mare Winningham
Frequent directors of Brat Pack films were:
John Hughes
Joel Schumacher
) to know what i was talking about. So here it is:St. Elmo's Fire, released in 1985, was one of the defining movies of the 1980s brat pack genre. Its major stars, slick editing and production and its soundtrack made it a financial (although not a critical) success.
This coming-of-age film revolves around a group of friends that have just graduated from Georgetown University and their adjustment to their post-university lives, the quarter-life crisis, and the responsibilities of encroaching adulthood.
This film was significant to me not in that it was my favorite of the Brat Pack, but because it was with high school friends the summer before we headed off to college! A good memory indeed of a warm summer night.
For the reminiscing of those who were singing from the era (nvm Grumpy's side-track to hippiedom), here is the full list:
Brat Pack (movies)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "Brat Pack" was the generic name given by the press to a group of young actors and actresses that became famous in the 1980s and frequently appeared together in teen-oriented films. The name "Brat Pack" came from a 1985 cover story in New York Magazine by David Blum (June 10, 1985, pp. 40-47). The term is a play on the Rat Pack from the 1960s. Popular films that featured members of the "Brat Pack" include:
Class (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
About Last Night (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The eight people most commonly included in the Brat Pack are:
Emilio Estevez
Anthony Michael Hall
Rob Lowe
Andrew McCarthy
Demi Moore
Judd Nelson
Molly Ringwald (she has the hots for short guys in pointy hats I hear)
Ally Sheedy
Other actors who appeared in films with the Brat Pack could be considered auxiliary members of the Pack:
Kevin Bacon
Matthew Broderick
Tom Cruise
Jon Cryer
John Cusack
Matt Dillon
Robert Downey, Jr.
Jami Gertz
Melissa Gilbert
Jennifer Grey
C. Thomas Howell
Diane Lane
Mary Stuart Masterson
Elizabeth McGovern
Charlie Sheen
James Spader
Kiefer Sutherland
Patrick Swayze
Lea Thompson
Eric Stoltz
Mare Winningham
Frequent directors of Brat Pack films were:
John Hughes
Joel Schumacher
Not to mention look up ananchronistic. heh
