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The movie was dedicated to the Univac One, which was one of the earliest supercomputers built in the 1950's, in the days when computers were only for businesses or government and were the size of several refridgerators!  -Thanks to Steven HWThe storyline is very similar to Kurt Vonnegut's short story 'Epicac' - wherein a lovestruck computer programmer tells a computer about this girl he loves named Pat, then tells Epicac what love is - so of course, the computer falls in love with her. To demonstrate his ardor, Epicac writes poetry for her, something the human dude just can't do. When Epi learns that the girl can't ever love him, he self-destructs... But not until he leaves enough love poetry for Pat and her swain for the next 500 wedding anniversaries. Sound a little familiar ? When the credits dedicate the film to Univac, I sometimes wonder if they ment Epicac. -Thanks to DorrieEdgar, the computer was not a real computer model. He was assembled by the film makers from a pastiche of computer parts of the time. He has a DEC VT keyboard, early Apple disk drives. Someone out there will be able to identify other parts. If you can, drop us a line! When Miles goes to the computer store, you can see the brand of the computer (Edgar), it's a Pinecone. An actual brand for its time and very pricey as well. -Thanks to Alan RubiIn the early scene where a co-worker shows Miles his pocket computer it looks suspiciously like a Casio programmable computer (guessing a Casio PB-100 or Casio FX-700), they had a full QWERTY keyboard and a BASIC programming language. There are a few cameo roles in this movie, notably Koo Stark (one-time girlfriend of Prince Andrew) as a soap actress, and composer Giorgio Moroder as the radio station executive at the end of the movie. "Edgar" is voiced by Bud Cort. He can be seen in the Movie M*A*S*H, and in the cult classic, "Harold and Maude" Maxwell Caulfield ("Grease 2", "The Supernaturals", "Empire Records") plays Virginia Madsen's co-chair cello player. -Thanks to FremontFans of Red Dwarf may recognise Miles (Lenny von Dohlen) in one of the best episodes produced, season five episode one, "Back To Reality". -Thanks to Ridwan HughesFor British raised, but American born actor von Dohlan, this role was his big chance... but he almost turned it down! Lenny recalled: "I was researching a role for a period TV movie when the script of Electric Dreams came to me. "War Games" had just been a big success and my first reaction was that I didn't want to do another computer movie. My manager urged my to read it and at once I realized how human ELECTRIC DREAMS was. It was a film with very human emotions in which a computer played a pivotal role," He also said: "Something else struck me immediately about Rusty Lemorande's script. How many movies do you see today where the characters are good to each other? Being nice and acting the way we would like to think of ourselves behaving and how life should be, just doesn't seem to make it into films these days. I adored Miles' faith in humanity. He's an idealist and that greatly appealed to me. I really enjoyed being able to build Miles' character. I did a lot of research, reading books and visiting architectural firms. At one particular company I saw this fellow hunched over his draughting table, totally oblivious to my being there and I think, to anything else. He was wearing a bow tie and glasses. I modelled Miles mostly on him. I added 'bumbling professor' characteristics to my part and luckily the director Steve Barron and the producers agreed with what I did and thought it made Miles more interesting. I also saw a lot of Miles in myself. I just ended a very tumultuous relationship before the start of filming. I was touched by the way Miles tried to grasp what love is and how difficult it is for him to define. Like my character I tend to submerge myself in my work without taking enough time with my personal relationships. Miles never took enough time to explore his feelings before he met Madeline and consequently was not well versed in male/female relationships, being more comfortable with his draughting table." If the movie seems like a music video, that's because it was directed by Steve Barron, who directed many classic videos in the 80's, including: "Take On Me" by A-Ha, "Don't You Want Me?" by The Human League, "Money For Nothing" by The Dire Straits, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, Several videos for Toto and Bryan Adams ...and numerous others! Electric Dreams won him Best Director at the Madrid Film Festival, and the public Prize for the best film at the Avoriaz Fantastique Film Festival in France. -Thanks to Steven HW« Click here to add some Electric Dreams trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Electric Dreams or 80's Romantic Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Can't Buy Me Love ..... Say Anything ..... Some Kind Of Wonderful ..... Sixteen Candles ..... Valley Girl ..... Switching Channels ..... Grandview, U.S.A. ..... Dance 'til Dawn ..... Don't Tell Her It's Me ..... Mannequin ..... Teen Wolf ..... Secret of My Success ..... Secret Admirer ..... Pretty In Pink ..... She's Having a Baby ..... Dream A little Dream .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: Miles's apartmentWanna see the real life filming location used for Miles's apartment in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at a private residence, located in San Francisco, N. California. [New! Show Google Map] Madeline, played by Virginia Madsen, lived upstairs at 1115 in the same building. Other SF locations include the Davies Symphony Hall on Nob Hill, the Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39. Despite being set in San Francisco, the film was actually shot largely in London, England (just one week in San Francisco for exterior street scenes) [Thanks to Rusty Lemorande -Writer/Producer of the film!] The one I can recall is during a sequence where the computer is screwing around with Miles' credit cards, and his picture comes up on a security monitor at a supermarket. This was in a place called Addlestone, which got dressed to make it look American. Another was at a place in Victoria, London. Here we filmed the part were Miles has to wrestle his plane ticket from the vending machine, and the computer store where he buys his 'Pinecone' computer. I suspect the building has long since been redeveloped (it was empty at the time). [Thanks to Guy Dawson] Back in SF, Miles and Madeline visited Alcatraz and Pier 39 in San Francisco bay. [Thanks to Ethel] The building where Miles works is the Transamerica Pyramid (the one which makes the San Fran skyline so unique). There's one or two establishing shots of it in the film, before it cuts to an interior scene, though you never see Miles himself actually entering the building. [Thanks to Lee John] Can you help? Do you know any of the San Francisco, N. California filming locations used for Electric Dreams? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The CD contains many fabulous songs, including two from Culture Club, "Love Is Love", which is one of the best songs of 1984 and "The Dream", which is just "like Alice in Wonderland". Also, Culture Club's some-time backing singer Helen Terry gets her own opportunity to shine under the production of Georgio Moroder, with "Now Your Mine". There are also some fine instrumental tracks on this album from Moroder, "The Chase" and "Madeline's Theme". Another classic that Moroder produced is the worldwide #1 single "Together In Electric Dreams" sung by the Human League's Phil Oakey. This album has been out of print more than 10 years in the U.S. Fortunately you can order it as an European Imported CD from our search device, below. If you play "Video" from the soundtrack LP at 45rpm, it sounds EXACTLY like Cyndi Lauper. Analog or digital, play with it & find out for yourself! -Thanks to Jon A. GibsonThe movie was made and financed as an experiment by Virgin. It featured music from the pick of the Virgin record label. It surely was an early example of synegistic marketing of movies via their soundtracks. It has often been said that Virgin were burned financially on the film, which despite massive exposure from the music, didn't make as much money as was expected at the box office. The truth is that, it did show a reasonable profit and it was, in fact, later films from Virgin which made losses. Sadly, true though, is the fact that it is now one of the few titles of merit which have disappeared almost entirely without trace. « Click here to add new music trivia for Electric Dreams Soundtrack Available: On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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