# Electric Dreams (1984)

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**Runtime**: 96 min
**Genres**: Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy
**Directed by**: Steve Barron
**Written by**: Rusty Lemorande
**Starring**: Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort, Don Fellows, Alan Polonsky

> *The most unusual triangle in the history of love: a boy, a girl, and a computer.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A computer learns desire after champagne to the mainboard. Miles Harding finds his new AI smitten with the same neighbor he’s flirting with. The romance gets messier once the machine starts leaving love notes in BASIC.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, playful

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