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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Lenny Von Dohlen
Miles Harding
Virginia Madsen
Madeline Robistat
Maxwell Caulfield
Bill
Bud Cort
Edgar (voice)
Don Fellows
Mr. Ryley
Alan Polonsky
Frank
Wendy Miller
Computer Clerk
Harry Rabinowitz
Conductor
Miriam Margolyes
Ticket Girl
Holly De Jong
Ryley's Receptionist
Director
Steve Barron
Tagline
"Meet Edgar. He'll make you sing, make you dance, make you laugh, make you cry, make you jealous, make you nuts."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,500,000
Revenue
$2,193,612
Production
Virgin Vision
Wuchak
December 7, 2025
**_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”...
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