History Film / ElectricDreams

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLive: Madeline's response to Miles' "Why me?"

* AnguisedDeclarationOfLive: Madeline's response to Miles' "Why me?"

* OneOfUs: ''See'' ShoutOut'', below.''

''Electric Dreams'' is a 1984 RomanticComedy (hovering about halfway between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}) directed by Steve Barron, and starring Lenny von Dohlen, Creator/VirginiaMadsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar; the score, by Giorgio Moroder, incorporated songs by popular artists of the era such as PP Arnold, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Jeff Lynne, and Phil Oakey (of Music/TheHumanLeague), which found their way onto an album that proved substantially more popular than the film itself -- particularly the concluding song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng Together in Electric Dreams]]," [[BreakawayPopHit which became a world-wide hit for Oakey.]]

''Electric Dreams'' is a 1984 RomanticComedy (hovering about halfway between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}) directed by Steve Barron, and starring Lenny von Dohlen, Creator/VirginiaMadsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar; the score, by Giorgio Moroder, incorporated songs by popular artists of the era such as PP Arnold, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Jeff Lynne, and Phil Oakey (of the Human League), which found their way onto an album that proved substantially more popular than the film itself -- particularly the concluding song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng Together in Electric Dreams]]," [[BreakawayPopHit which became a world-wide hit for Oakey.]]

Not to be confused with the television series ''[[PhilipKDicksElectricDreams Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams]].''

Not to be confused with the television series ''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.''

Miles Harding (Lenny von Dohlen), an architect working for a large firm in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, 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 [[note]] This was before Wiki/TVTropes was on the Internet[[/note]]. While he is at work, the computer (Bud Cort), hearing Madeline practicing a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqSAGwa49MM Bach minuet]], engages her in a [[DuetBonding musical duel]] -- she, naturally, attributes the music to Miles. When Miles realizes this, he decides to use the computer to [[PlayingCyrano woo Madeline for him]] -- with phenomenal ill-success, at first, as the computer cannot understand what Love is -- until Miles reminds it of how it felt when listening to Madeline's music. Unfortunately, this causes the computer to fall in love with her [[strike:himself]] itself, and thus begins an escalating rivalry between man and machine for a woman's heart...

''Electric Dreams'' is a 1984 RomanticComedy (hovering about halfway between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}) directed by Steve Barron, and starring Lenny von Dohlen, Creator/VirginiaMadsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar; the score, by Giorgio Moroder, incorporated songs by popular artists of the era such as PP Arnold, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Jeff Lynne, and Phil Oakey (of the Human League), which found their way onto an album that proved substantially more popular than the film itself -- particularly the concluding song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng Together in Electric Dreams]]," which became a world-wide hit for Oakey.

Not to be confused with the television series 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.'

** When Miles wishes Edgar, "Sweet dreams," Edgar queries, "What's a dream?" -- to which Miles sleepily replies, "A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep... WaltDisney, ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', 1950,." Edgar replies, after a quick click sound (probably of him researching), "No, it was ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', 1949."

Miles Harding (Lenny von Dohlen), an architect working for a large firm in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, 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 [[note]] This was before TVTropes was on the Internet[[/note]]. While he is at work, the computer (Bud Cort), hearing Madeline practicing a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqSAGwa49MM Bach minuet]], engages her in a [[DuetBonding musical duel]] -- she, naturally, attributes the music to Miles. When Miles realizes this, he decides to use the computer to [[PlayingCyrano woo Madeline for him]] -- with phenomenal ill-success, at first, as the computer cannot understand what Love is -- until Miles reminds it of how it felt when listening to Madeline's music. Unfortunately, this causes the computer to fall in love with her [[strike:himself]] itself, and thus begins an escalating rivalry between man and machine for a woman's heart...

->''"is this a story?""\\

->''"is this a story?"''//
''"YES"''//
''"what type?"''//
''"FAIRYTALE FOR COMPUTERS"''//
''"name?"''//

->''"We'll always be together,\\
However far it seems --\\
We'll always be together,\\
Together in electric dreams!"''
-->-- '''Phil Oakey''' and '''Giorgio Moroder''', "Together in Electric Dreams"

->''We'll always be together,\\

Together in electric dreams!''

-->''We'll always be together,''
-->''However far it seems --''
-->''We'll always be together,''
-->''Together in electric dreams!''
-->-- Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder, ''Together In Electric Dreams''

''Electric Dreams'' is a 1984 RomanticComedy (hovering about halfway between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}) film from MetroGoldwynMayer, directed by Steve Barron, and starring Lenny von Dohlen, Creator/VirginiaMadsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar; the score, by Giorgio Moroder, incorporated songs by popular artists of the era such as PP Arnold, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Jeff Lynne, and Phil Oakey (of the Human League), which found their way onto an album that proved substantially more popular than the film itself -- particularly the concluding song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng Together in Electric Dreams]]," which became a world-wide hit for Oakey.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Bill

* TheEighties: {{Adorkable}} hero with dark hair and thick eyebrows? Check. Sensible yet sensitive cello-playing heroine? Check. Quirky best friend who steps aside for the hero? Check. Handsome [[BlondGuysAreEvil blond]] JerkAss who lets the heroine down? Check. Massive amounts of techno music? Check, check, check!

* RomanticFalseLead: Bill. (1984 was a bad year for male cellists wooing their female counterparts; the same year Dana Barrett was stolen from one by [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Dr. Peter Venkman]].)

!!Tropes Employed In ''ElectricDreams'':

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove?: Miles has to explain "Love" to Edgar by reminding him how he felt when Madeline's music was playing.

** Edgar really enjoys B movies like ''TheGiantClaw''.
** Miles tells Edgar "[[{{Casablanca}} If you can play it for her, you can play it for me... Play it, Sam.]]" when asking to hear Edgar's first attempt at a love song.

*** It is played on the fictional radio station "Flash FM" in the VideoGame ''GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories''.

'''''ElectricDreams''''' is a 1984 RomanticComedy (hovering about halfway between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}) film from MetroGoldwynMayer, directed by Steve Barron, and starring Lenny von Dohlen, Creator/VirginiaMadsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar; the score, by Giorgio Moroder, incorporated songs by popular artists of the era such as PP Arnold, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Jeff Lynne, and Phil Oakey (of the Human League), which found their way onto an album that proved substantially more popular than the film itself -- particularly the concluding song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng Together in Electric Dreams]]," which became a world-wide hit for Oakey.

** The password to unlock the front door, in response to the prompt ''[[{{Film/Alien}} Science Officer Eyes Only]]'', is ''[[{{StarTrekTheOriginalSeries}} 1st Lieutenant Sulu]].''

'''''ElectricDreams''''' is a 1984 RomanticComedy (hovering about halfway between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}) film from MetroGoldwynMayer, directed by Steve Barron, and starring Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar; the score, by Giorgio Moroder, incorporated songs by popular artists of the era such as PP Arnold, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Jeff Lynne, and Phil Oakey (of the Human League), which found their way onto an album that proved substantially more popular than the film itself -- particularly the concluding song, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng Together in Electric Dreams]]," which became a world-wide hit for Oakey.

* BeamMeUpScotty: Mostly averted, as Miles correctly leaves out ''again'' when he uses lines from {{Casablanca}} to Edgar, although it's still not an exact quote:
-->'''Miles:''' "If you can play it for her, you can play it for me... Play it, Sam."

* BreakawayPopHit: Subversion. "Together in Electric Dreams" is considered to be this for the Human League -- Phil Oakey's band -- although no member besides Oakey participated in it. It has appeared on their Greatest Hits compilations in its original form and the band perform it live, though the live version is a new arrangement to accommodate the girls.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The movie is available only as a Region 2 PAL DVD released in 2009.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: A minor one, but the lyrics to the song "Video" (plalying while Miles and Madeline are at Alcatraz and the carnival) include the line "They send their love from up above down to my VTR." A Video ''Tape'' Recorder was relatively new to the consumer market in 1984, but is more fondly remembered as a Video ''Cassette'' Recorder (V'''C'''R) today.