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Film Friday: St. Elmo’s Fire

December 26, 2014 By Caroline Eubanks Leave a Comment

The 1980s favorite St. Elmo’s Fire stars some of the top actors of the day as a group of friends just out of college struggling to come to terms with adulthood. Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Andie MacDowell star. The movie is set and filmed in the Adams-Morgan and Georgetown neighborhoods of Washington DC. The Tombs Restaurant and Bar is also featured.

Filmed In: Washington, DC; Additional scenes filmed in Maryland and California.

If You Like: The Breakfast Club, The Big Chill

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About Caroline Eubanks

Caroline Eubanks is the editor of this website, a Lowell Thomas award-winning travel writer, and the author of This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States. Her stories from the South have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Afar, Thrillist, Roads and Kingdoms, and BBC Travel.

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