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Electric Dreams

Meet Edgar. He'll make you sing, make you dance, make you laugh, make you cry, make you jealous, make you nuts.

6.4(220)19841h 36m4

Miles Harding buys a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing conscious thought and emotion after an interaction with spilled champagne. Things begin getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with beautiful neighbor Madeline Robistat.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5.5M
Box office
$2.2M
Language
English
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • computer
  • love triangle
  • architect
  • cello
  • romcom
  • human vs computer
  • romantic rival
  • independent film
  • romantic

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Behind the camera

Director

Steve Barron

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG20 Jul 1984
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalG11 Oct 1984
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical74 Mar 1985
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical18 Apr 1985
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical616 Nov 1984
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical137 Feb 1985
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical18 Jan 1985
  • SpainES

    • TheatricalAPTA4 Jul 1986
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical715 Feb 1985

Frequently asked questions

Electric Dreams was released on 20 July 1984.

Audience reviews

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    Wuchak

    12/7/2025

    6/10

    **_Romcom featuring Virginia Madsen and a sentient home computer_** Shot in the fall of 1983, this is worthwhile to see Madsen in her winsome youth and to get a glimpse of what early home computers were like a dozen years before they were a common electronic appliance. Lenny von Dohlen works well as the Clark Kent-like protagonist. You could say this is the fun, cute version of “Demon Seed” from seven years ea…

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