St. Elmo's Fire The Rewatchables
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St. Elmo's Fire

Most Rewatchable Scene

Billy's saxophone scene

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  • The opening credits are listed first for the theme music.
  • The first St. Elmo's bar scene is listed for its cheesy 80s music and everyone in their habitat, including Judd Nelson dunking Rob Lowe in the water.
  • The short first Jeep scene is listed for the iconic exchange about the three-year Georgetown Young Democrats chief working for a Republican: "Moving up, Kerbo."
  • The scene of Billy on the roof at the Mare Winningham character's house (transcribed 'Mayor Winningham') is listed.
  • Kirby's party at Kim's house and Jules and Billy in the car, ending with "You break my heart. Then again, you break everyone's heart," are listed; the car line is called devastating.
  • Leslie moving out of Alec's apartment and dividing the records ("No Springsteen is leaving this house") is listed, with Nelson described as completely out of control.
  • The vote is Billy's big sax scene, with "no other question".
  • Also liked: the Kevin and Leslie hookup confession ("Am I part of your props?") and Kevin and Kirby's apartment talk when Billy shows up needing a place to crash; but there is really no competition with Billy Hicks and the New Breed on Halloween night.
  • The band's song seems to have only the lyric "One love", leaving the band standing around during Billy's long solo.
  • Whether Billy is a serious musician is unclear; he fronts Billy Hicks and the New Breed but at Georgetown seemed mostly to father children and play rugby.
  • Schumacher's The Lost Boys also has a long sax-solo scene; Clarence Clemons (transcribed 'Clemens') and Eddie and the Cruisers are floated as the influence, and nobody ever picked a bar for its sax player.
  • The "Let's rock" clap-along after the solo brings joy, and Billy's estranged wife arriving with a very 80s date leads to a fight outside the bar, called a great five minutes.
  • Jules's fire-escape rescue and Alec hanging Kevin over the fire escape are added as scenes that probably belonged in this category.