Electric Dreams (film)
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| Directed by | Steve Barron |
| Produced by | Larry DeWaay Rusty Lemorande Richard Branson |
| Written by | Rusty Lemorande |
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Giorgio Moroder Jeff Lynne |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by | Peter Honess |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.5 million |
| Box office | $2,467,664 |
Electric Dreams is a 1984 American-British science fiction romantic comedy-drama film set in San Francisco, California, that depicts a love triangle between a man, a woman and a personal computer. It stars Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and the voice of Bud Cort and was directed by Steve Barron. It was the first film released by the Virgin Films production company.
The film's credits dedicate it to the memory of UNIVAC I.
Miles Harding is an architect who envisions a brick shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece that could enable buildings to withstand earthquakes. Seeking a way to get organized, he buys a personal computer to help him develop his ideas. Although he is initially unsure that he will even be able to correctly operate the computer, he later buys numerous extra gadgets that were not necessary for his work, such as switches to control household appliances like the blender, a speech synthesizer, and a microphone. The computer addresses Miles as "Moles", because Miles had incorrectly typed his name during the initial set-up. When Miles attempts to download the entire database from a mainframe computer at work, his computer begins to overheat. In a state of panic, Miles uses a nearby bottle of champagne to douse the overheating machine, which then becomes sentient.
A love triangle soon develops between Miles, his computer (who later identifies himself as "Edgar"), and Miles' neighbor, an attractive cellist named Madeline Robistat. Upon hearing her practicing a piece from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach on her cello through an air vent connecting both apartments, Edgar promptly elaborates a parallel variation of the piece, leading to an improvised duet. Believing it was Miles who had engaged her in the duet, Madeline begins to fall in love with him in spite of her ongoing relationship with fellow musician Bill.
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