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St. Elmo's Fire

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

"Moving up, Curbo"; "Forever got a lot shorter"

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  • The spin-off is introduced because the exchanges are among what has aged best.
  • Exchanges read: the not-fabulous/irresponsible pair, "I think I'm in touch with that emotion", "Kevin, it is tomorrow", "forever got a lot shorter", and the obsolete-marriage and sexual-revolution exchange.
  • Favorites: one pick is still "Moving up, Curbo"; the other is the forever-got-shorter line, which was used in a song by a band (transcribed 'Brett Braid').
  • A Jules line about feeling old at 22 is also mentioned; the exchanges are agreed to be good.