Don Moss

St. Elmo's Fire -- Fresh from college, seven friends search for their places in the real world. Emilio Estevez and RobLowe head a stellar ensemble cast.

Seven friends, recent college graduates, are searching for a place in the real world, as they face issues of career and commitment. Leslie and Alec (Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson) try to save a crumbling romance. Wendy (Mare Winningham), a shy virgin, hides a love for Billy (Rob Lowe), a reluctant father/husband still searching for goals. Kevin (Andrew McCarthy) is a cynical writer who scorns love until he realizes he's in love with his best friend's girl. Kirby (Emilio Estevez), a law student, obsessively pursues an older woman. The beautiful, neurotic Jules (Demi Moore) paints a poignant picture of life in the fast lane. Against the backdrop of St. Elmo's, their local hang-out, they save, betray and love one another as only the closest of friends can.

Seven friends, recent college graduates, are searching for a place in the real world, as they face issues of career and commitment. Against the backdrop of St. Elmo's, their local bar, they save, betray and love one another as only close friends can.

Beginning with Shiloh and ending with Antietam, this program shows that 1862 was the worst year of the war. Massive numbers of men were killed and wounded, and Lee seemed to be on the verge of victory, when Lincoln changed the war with the Emancipation Proclamation.