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''Together in electric dreams!''|Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder, ''Together In Electric Dreams''}}
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Miles Harding (Lenny von Dohlen), an architect working for a large firm in [[San Francisco]], having problems arriving at work on time, buys a computer to arrange his schedule and help him design his "earthquake brick" that will hold buildings together in seismic upheavals. Just moving in to his building is pretty cellist Madeline Robistat (Virginia Madsen), to whom Miles is intensely attracted. In order to facilitate work on his brick, Miles decides to patch his computer into his firm's immensely powerful super-computer; accidentally spilling champagne onto his motherboard, he is astounded when this produces a sentient computer
As mentioned above, the film was only a moderate success at the box office. Some critics found it generally disjointed and unbelievable, and disliked the obviously music-video influenced cinematic style. Others found it quirkily charming, recognizing particularly the "chemistry" of the cast, and recommended it as an ideal date movie. Lately, it has been gaining ground among children of [[The Eighties]] as a typical film of the era and a vehicle for nostalgia.
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* [[Adorkable]]: <s> Moles</s> Miles
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** Also [[Dirty Old Woman|Dr. Ruth Westheimer]].
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Bill
* [[Breakaway Pop Hit]]: Subversion. "Together in Electric Dreams" is considered to be this for the Human
* [[Computer Equals Monitor]]: Semi-averted in that Edgar becomes sentient when force-fed data from another computer ''and'' has champagne spilled on his motherboard (which is a whole other [[Did Not Do the Research]]/[[Rule of Cool]] altogether), but when Edgar commits suicide, his monitor explodes.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Giorgio Moroder appears as the manager of a radio station who cannot understand why Edgar’s song is playing on his wavelength.
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''[[Title Drop|Electric Dreams!]] Electric! Ooh, lalala! Ooooooh!'' }}
* [[The Faceless]]: Edgar. The director, Steve Barron, refused to let the rest of the cast members ever meet Bud Cort during filming, except as a voice coming out of a box, to preserve their sense of interacting with a non-human personality.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Miles is [[Twin Peaks|Harold Smith]], [[Red Dwarf|the Secret Policeman]], and [[The Pretender|Mr. Cox]]; Madeline is [[Highlander (TV series)|Louise Marcus]], [[Candyman|Helen Lyle]], and [[Star Trek: Voyager|Kellin]]; Bill is [[Grease|Michael Carrington]] and [[Dynasty|Miles Colby]]; and Edgar is [[Harold and Maude|Harold]] and [[Justice League (animation)|Toyman]].
* [[He Had a Name|I Had A Name]]: Edgar.
* [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|Instant AI -- Just Add Water]]: Or, in this case, champagne.
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* [[Love Triangle]]: Madeline for Miles and Edgar (who she thinks ''is'' Miles), though she is also attracted to fellow cellist Bill; Miles and Edgar for Madeline.
* [[Miraculous Malfunction]]: Miles spills champagne on his PC while it is plugged into his company's megacomputer, causing his computer (of course!) [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|to come to life]].
* [[Montage]]: Of Miles and Madeline frolicking at Alcatraz (no,
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: As a result of Miles' having mistyped his name, Edgar refers to him as "Moles" throughout most of the movie.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: Madeline catches Miles naked in his apartment, desperately trying to screen both Edgar and his own anatomy from her at one time.
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* [[Product Placement]]: Edgar's obscene "love-song" for Madeline is adapted from a "Pepsi" jingle ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHEvW__P4g Catch That Pepsi Spirit!]").
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: Bill. (1984 was a bad year for male cellists wooing their female counterparts; the same year Dana Barrett was stolen from one by [[Ghostbusters|Dr. Peter Venkman]].)
* [[Shout-Out]]: When Miles wishes Edgar, "Sweet dreams," Edgar queries, "What's a dream?"
** Other [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] are more associated with the song "Together in Electric Dreams" than with the film itself:
*** It is played on the fictional radio station "Flash FM" in the [[Video Game]] ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories|Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''.
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