Demi Moore celebrates St. Elmo’s fire!
On Friday, June 28, the 1985 romantic comedy, which was partially responsible for launching the 61-year-old Moore into superstardom, celebrated its 39th anniversary.
St. Elmo’s fire Released on this day in 1985; Check out photos of the Brat Pack in action on set
To mark the occasion, Moore put her own twist on the classic film.
“Jules would love Brat Girl Summer. Happy 39th birthday #StElmosFire!” Moore captioned Instagram Reels. The clip featured a video compilation of Moore as her romance character Jules — a member of the seven-member group that later became known as the “Brat Pack.”
The film also starred Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson.
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In 1985 New York in David Blum’s article, he decided to call the then-teenage actors the “Brat Pack” and the name stuck for decades.
It was meant to be a pun, inspired by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.’s Rat Pack. from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
‘Saint Elmo’s Fire’.
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However, the young stars were not fans of that nickname at first.
“None of us liked the idea of being called ‘derists’ or unprofessional or not taking our jobs seriously,” Moore said recently Entertainment Weekly. “It was such an interesting, weird thing. We all had different experiences. [The Brat Pack] he was very influential on Andrew and changed the direction of his career.”
The group recently reunited in New York to support McCarthy, 61, at the Tribeca Film Festival, where his documentary A brat debuted at the OKX Theater at the Borough of Manhattan Community College on June 7.
One of the things Moore discussed in the documentary was how St. Elmo’s fire director Joel Schumacher “exposed his neck for me.”
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Demi Moore St. Elmo’s Fire – 1985
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“They could have just found someone else,” she said in the film.
“Because I had no box office draws. You know, we were all just at the beginning. I didn’t have anything that would really guarantee him that he would stay with me.”
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In an interview ahead of the film’s premiere, McCarthy told PEOPLE how he feels about being called a “Pack of Brats.”
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“It had professional consequences,” he said. “The public accepted us, but business reacted negatively.”
Perhaps all is forgiven, as Moore’s Instagram post on Friday celebrated St. Elmo’s fire anniversaries with an interesting musical choice — Charli XCX’s song “365,” from her sixth studio album Brat.
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