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St. Elmo's Fire

Picking Nits

Jules losing every possession; the party-night timeline; Billy's quick bail before the bar

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  • How do you lose all your possessions to a cocaine problem? The bank repossessing credit-card purchases is debated.
  • The Billy Idol poster looked like an art installation; whether it could go up at home is debated.
  • On the night of Kirby's party, Kirby's drive, Billy and Jules's drive, Kevin and Leslie's night with the broken shower door, and Alec's morning arrival do not add up.
  • At the start, Billy gets a DUI and is bailed out before the bar that night, raising the question of a 40-minute bail.
  • The party night becomes one of the longest in movie history, about 14 hours, with Kirby driving three and a half hours, possibly to the Poconos.