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  • The world was much happier place in the 80s!

  • us n them love? why not! after all computer can program but not human

  • Awesome movie from an awesome simpler time in my life.

  • Ich liebe diesen Film aus den 80 er , als der PC noch nicht für alle da war , aber er konnte schon so viel wie hier in der Deutschen Verfassung : Liebe auf den ersten Bit oder in Englisch : Eletric Dreams ! Einfach nur zu schön !

  • I first saw this almost 30 years ago and loved it. Still do! How many of you can say you first saw it on a submarine?

  • Awesome scene I love this movie.

  • Mika Tan sent me here.

  • I haven't thought about this movie in years.. But now I remember why I liked it so much

  • Her smile at 2:08 makes my day.

  • Wow, this takes me back. My favorite scene in the film.

    My daughter chose this Bach piece for her first--and last--piano recital (she preferred dance to piano).

    Thanks for posting!

  • wonder what became of the goldfish ?

  • I guess THis is Us Kids WHo grew UP in the 80's and are all now about 30 something and to those who saw it know how great a film this really is.. THe music ,AND movie and the ending IS MY heart FOrver !! wish it would have happened but never did . Without LOVe LIFe aint worth living........ !! Bring back the 80;s PLeASE !

  • One of those best movies of the 80's... Virginia Madsen is F*****g HOT then.. and still so F*****g HOT now... music is epic...

  • Virginia Madsen and a self-aware computer performing Bach's "Minuet in G Major." If there is a Heaven, this is it.

  • Owned!

  • Only remember seeing this movie once but this scene has stuck with me all this time.

    Andf Virginia Madsen is my fave actress of all time.

  • that was hyperawesome!!

  • I've now bought the soundtrack to this movie four times, after losing/wearing out three cassettes and finally moving on to the CD. This was my favorite scene in the movie. Thank you for uploading this.

  • Still one of my favorite movie moments.

  • 找這片找好久,都找不到全部的!!!

  • "i want to meet her, Moles" lol

  • @tomski120 LOL Moles i remember the computer didn't get it his name right til the end

  • Whether losing a battle with a malicious ghost in a ghetto (Candyman) or getting caught up in a war between heaven and hell (The Prophecy) steamy, sexy Virginia Madsen is always beautiful...but never so lovely as in this wonderful scene from an an underrated movie.

  • No Matter How Many Times I Listen To This Amazing Duet, it Will Always Take Me Back To Electric Dreams.. Long Live The 80's.........

  • god bless the 80s for giving us films like this -)

  • Gee, that computer looks pretty advanced......

  • @JRDahl it's a 10-core procssor with an 8-way SLI......& a turbo button.

  • That Was Just Beautiful For Ever in My Electric Dreams.....

  • She's beautiful. Classy.

  • I have this movie on DVD, had to get it from ebay, US English version.

  • Wow. I thought I was the only person I knew who thought this scene/song was super incredible. The wonder if YouTube - it wasn't just me, this IS as great as I thought it was in the 80s!

  • Well, now I feel ancient...

  • The film was ahead of it's time. This is back before cell phones and the idea of a computer that communicates with you on the range that Edgar does is now quite possible.

    One of my favorites from childhood. Music is universal, love is universal.

  • live memories

  • Virginia sort of looks like Angelina Jolie in this film.

  • WE'LL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER

  • I'm thinking this is more of a duet than a duel.

  • @erkturk100 Well, but Giorgio Moroder decided to name it "The Duel" anyway: h t t p :// bit . ly / ff83MS

  • A great 80s movie, sadly it hasn't been put onto DVD yet

  • one of the best movie...of the 80's...

  • If you stand in front of the mirror and say Madeline three times, this girl will appear.

  • I was only 14 when I saw this last. Loved the music, I would still like to %^7 her.

  • omg i havent seen this in years. i got the chills! is she old n wrinkly now? cuz i wanna bone her .

  • Is the computer a bad guy?

  • @cookie123456789012 Not really, no! It's just that it develops it's own personality and discovers love. He then gets jealous that Miles (his owner) has a girl (Madeline) and he doesn't. You should really watch this. It's awesome! :)

  • @rsaffi I have I was just confuseed

  • This is my favouritte film ever, it made me laugh, it made me cry, it reminds me when i use those kind of computers, it was a great part of my life, i think I watched the movie more than 50 times. thanks to new techn all can see it now

  • @rsaffi : Agreed! It's a really good film. I haven;t seen this duet for over 20 years! Thanks to the poster!!

  • Do you understand French? Pour moi, ce fût un film génial. I loved it ! I m looking to buy it since 10 years but in french. Is it possible ? I would like to show show this film to my fututre wife (yes, my new wife on 12-12-2012 !)

  • @phivm There is a channel called BT JUNKIE.I downloaded this film from this channel some time ago.No french subs.

  • @phivm Congratulations on your new Wife :P What happen to the Old one?

  • @cookie123456789012 The computer gets a little scary when it gets angry knowing that Miles is taking credit for its work in order to woo the girl, but in the end, it evolves and everything comes out fine...but it really is a sweet movie with a great ending, (especially if you believe nothing really ever dies and we are all energy anyway.)

  • @cookie123456789012 How Could You Even Think That The Computer Would Be The Bad Guy.

    He is Only Wanting To Feel The Emotion of Real Love That He Has Been Missing Out. A Computer Who Has a Chip on His Shoulder ;) More Like it, But After All Said and Done at The End of The Day, The Computer Know's His Love is Only Artificial And To Move Over And Let Real Love Take Over Can You Hear Me Down There (^_~)

  • Back then she looked like Penny from Big Bang Theory

  • @Essefen LOL :-)

  • @Essefen She was gorgeous, I love his film

  • @Essefen she doesnt look lige penny, they are both gorgeous buth penny is just at little more cute :)

  • Three people define music as the crap they hear on American Idol.

  • first impression about love .. when 4 he he he

  • For those that have issues with "lag" need to remember this, when the internet is not running well, that is, there is bandwidth issues, audio requires much less bandwidth than video. And so, the audio will usually get thru quicker than the video portion, causing "lag".

  • @billyboi57 Even though that is true, this is not the case. The A/V lost synchronization after uploaded (youtube reencodes the source video).

  • @rsaffi yes, thats true also. but i have seen many cases where the viewers give the uploader hell for a video out of sync with the audio and a poor internet connection can cause that also. I do yahoo chat with video to my gf overseas and that is the case. if bandwidth is tight then audio will get thru when video may be delayed. at any rate its not the fault of the uploader usually. thanx.

  • @billyboi57 You have no idea how video on the internet works, you are completely wrong, just wanted to let you know :-)

  • aw sweeeet (:

  • wonderfull. A classic never to be repeated film

  • Its a movie that hits well above its weight range.........a cut above the average inane eighties nonsense. This is the third best musical "duel" in cinema history after deliverence and unfaithfully yours. I cried at the end when Edgar commits suicide. Mind you......if i was Miles and i had to choose between a seriously screwed up eighties computer and Virginia Madsen, I know which i would choose!

  • its timless

  • Incredible!

  • One of the most enjoyable 4:21 on youtube!

  • classic meets technical :-)

    wonderfull

  • my brother bought an apple2e after seeing movie

  • what a great song!!!

  • Love the movie and this part alot.

  • Onde acho este filme atualmente ??? porque simplesmente sumiu de todas locadoras ???

  • @impactro Eu já fui a algumas locadoras que até tinham o filme em VHS, mas VHS, sabe como é? Eu tenho uma cópia digital do filme, em um arquivo avi (DIVX) 700MB, com legendas! Posso disponibilizar para você baixar...

  • Oh i remember this film a long time ago, still have the original on video with soundtrack on tape x

  • This is my favorite in the Film. I see it 1000000 Times and its allways new....

  • @hudsontripod Do this: grow a pair and stop hiding behind a profile with no picture and no information regarding your whearabouts. Will it still be so easy to say random shit in other people's movies? Grow up!

  • @rsaffi well said that person

  • I love this film

  • This sounds like Bonanza lol

  • Tears here also... This scene is great. The end of the movie is pure nostalgia.

  • I ha d a big time crush on Virgina Madison because of this film. So beautiful

  • THATS JEFF FUCKING LYNNE BEHIND THAT THE MAN IS A GENIUS

  • @TheAnalogmatrix No, it was Giorgio Moroder.

  • @smurfblood phil oakey and gorgio moroder......

  • OOOOOOH THIS HAS MADE MY DAY THANKYOU SO MUCH XXXX

  • Everyone in this film is great. The lead Actor never got the attention and work I feel he deserved in films after this. Although someone pointed out he was in Home Alone 3. :/ I mean really. And she's still hawt even to this day. And who doesn't like Bud Cort. :|

  • Thank you for introducing this movie on your blog, Kikko.

    I love this scene very much.

  • movie rocks, song rocks, soundtrack rocks, THANK U for posting

  • It's a beautiful movie. Definitely needs to be in my DVD collection. Virginia Madsen is one of the most beautiful women in the world.

  • Superb music!

  • I liked it. I'd like to find a copy of this movie here in Brazil.

  • @vmarjbr Eu já fui a algumas locadoras que até tinham o filme em VHS, mas VHS, sabe como é? Eu tenho uma cópia digital do filme, em um arquivo avi (DIVX) 700MB, com legendas! Posso disponibilizar para você baixar...

  • @vmarjbr não acha nem no mercadolivre

  • @vmarjbr I have a VHS of this film but I still don't think Bud Cort will sign off for DVD. And they need his permission from what I read. The company that made this film ripped him off several times. So now he has the last laugh.

  • Lol, it was funny, so many girls cried when computer suicided at the end :)

  • I can't believe I cried at the end of this movie. It still brings a tear to my eye everytime I watch the ending. DAMN YOU 80's NOSTALGIA!

  • @Mentocthemindtaker I also cried at the end, when Miles and Madeline are on the Volvo and the song is playing on the radio... =)

  • @Mentocthemindtaker I too love this movie and cry.....it is so bitter sweet. Bless your sentimental soul (and that's a great characteristic to have. )

  • @Mentocthemindtaker I hear you Mento, for some reason I cried my eyes out too. Great flick.

  • perfect film, super teme, supeeer! HR

  • kann mir jemand sagen wie ich an den film komme

  • Is their any way you could pick up at around 1.2 and string it together several times. It's too short. By the time you get to the beat it's gone. Can you do that. Someone took Wishing On a Star and steamed it together 4 times to make it awesome and long.

  • Who cares about whatever 5 second lag. This is great. Haven't seen this in a long time, but I sure remember this. Love it. Thanks so much for posting.

  • gold!

  • i love this music, and the movie, it marke my life, awsome!

  • Hey, not gonna complain about a little lag. Thank You for posting.

  • Wow... the memories this brings back! I spent HOURS after watching this movie on my Commodore 64 writing lines and lines of code to "POKE" music notes into the TED chip so I could get the computer to play this song. It was excruciating work, as anyone who remembers sound programming on the C64 can attest!

    And who didn't fall in love with Virginia Madsen during this scene? I mean seriously? She's so beautiful in this film.

    Thanks for the upload and the smile!

  • microsoft is not yet invented on that year. they still used 8-bit mono computer

  • if one has heard the original to this,,then they will understand the music,,,bloody brilliant!!

  • is it me or does he look like a Apple computer?

  • Na verdade, Edgar existe e está plenamente incorporado ao nosso dia-a-dia através de canções editadas em ProTools e similares, através de Photoshop e tantos outros maquiadores de baixo ou nenhum desempenho de humanos. Electric Dreams foi uma prévia de tudo que existe hoje: o excesso de inteligência artificial.

  • I simple love this!!!

    its perfect

    I wanna eletric drems 2!!!!

    Edgar need come back :)

  • Thank you starblue1986. I remember hearing Lovers' Concerto growing up. When I was in elementry school in early '70s we played this piece in violin class and I loved it. So when Electric Dreams came out and heard this version I was thrilled and it bought back lot of fond memories.

  • This piece comes from one of the classic composers which later became the classic love song, "Lovers Concerto' sung by "The Fleetwoods and later by The Toys in the early 1960s girl group which was top hit! Can anyone name the composer and the piece it was taken from? Great 80s movie!

  • @starblue1986 Minuet n G by J.S Bach

  • This music video & movie kick butt........Virginia Madsen is so cute......I think girls/women find Miles Harding,Aka-Von Dohlen Attractive Possibly........He is a genuine male human being in this great movie........Beautifull Love Story.........

  • What piece is this?

  • @MrDRUID27 This piece was taken from the,

    Minuet in G Major" by Johan Sebastian Bach in 3/4 time. It was later adapted by 1960s song writers Sandy Linzer and Danny Randall for the Song,"Lovers Concerto" for The Toys the 1960s girl group which became a # 2 hit on the Billboard Charts in 1965! This song was in4/4 time, instead of 3/4 time by J.S. Bach!

    I love the rare version by The Fleetwoods of the song Lovers' Concerto because they use a harpsichord which blends with their great vocals!

  • i love this movie

  • never lasts long enough

  • I love this best move from the 80s love it.

  • Gracias por subir este video, esta película me introdujo al mundo de la computación y veme ahora, desarrollando sistemas para difundir información a través de este medio ... happy hollidays!!

  • play it for me anytime

  • Man, don't worry about the lag. Virginia Madson is as angelic as ever and the music is phenomenal.

    You're awesome for uploading this, and especially for trying to upload it repeatedly to correct the lag.

    Thank you and have a wonderful holiday!

  • It's feedback like this one (and many other ones below) that inspire people to keep contributing. Many many thanks for being so kind and appreciating this upload. I'm very happy that all you guys were as touched by this movie as I was. Happy 2010 for all of us!

    Best regards!

  • Thank you for your upload of this. But by any chance, can you also upload the movie intro? I can remember from the 80's that the intro was pretty interesting and had the 'Electric Dreams' song on it.

  • @AriaOfTelengard Sure!! I will crop the intro and upload it as soon as possible! :-)

    I also have other "surprises" in mind, regarding this movie. Wait and you'll see! :-)

  • I'm uploading the movie intro, right now!!

    Let's cross our fingers that youtube won't forbid it of being displayed.

    Will post the link here as soon as it finishes!

  • I nostalgia'd. Hard.

  • This was the movie that inspired me to become a computer programmer!

  • the music in this scene was perfect, im hoping they release in again remastered on dvd so the music comes thru better

  • @woof359

    Did they ever release it on DVD in the first place, remastered or otherwise? My VHS went missing. I'd like to buy a new copy but it just doesn't seem to be available anywhere.

  • They did release a DVD, in fact Amazon lists it but it is currently unavailable, try rare movie dvd or classic time video websites they were both listing it not too long ago

  • Really, really?! :-) :-)

    As soon as I find a site that sells it, I will buy it so fast!! LOVE THAT MOVIE!! =)

  • Gracias and Thanks!! this video take me back on the 80's,because of this "high tech" movies on that time i was involved on computer programing in Mexico and USA,thanks for put this video again... remember the movie "war games"?..

  • geiler Film... geiles Stück...

  • don't care about the lag still a great piece of music and virginia is still SMOKING!!!!!!

    Thanks pal, hadn't seen this for a while. Brings back good mermories of me and my first girlfriend! :-D

    Will have me smiling all night! Ta :-)

  • so mmutuc memeroies

  • Wow! Is this the birth of Classical-Techno-acoustic Fusion? Thanks for uploading! I failed to see this movie when I was in my early teens(in the Philippines)...I'll look for DVD's to see it now!

  • I thought this was the best scene in the movie as well. After I saw it for the first time when the move first came out, I heard the Lover's Concerto by the Toys set to this same classical song.

  • 3.54 speaks with out opening her mouth, :I

  • I see what what you mean. i saw the movie, they show her talking, but she is actually at the vent you she speaks, the clips were just too slow, that's why.

  • So whats suppose to be going on here?

  • The PC is becoming self-aware. It's been left to run a program while the owner's at work. Upstairs, a neighbour practices. The PC hears her through the vents and starts jamming with her.

    Electric Dreams was a great movie, very sweet.

  • Esse video é muito legal!

    Assisti umas 10 vezes esse filme na sessão da tarde.

    Obrigado por te-lo colocado no Youtube.

  • sound is out of sync but it still awsome. I wish i could find a nuts computer that could do that! haha

  • this is a classic

  • brings back a lot of memories-love it

  • omg me too, havent seen this since the 80's wheres the sequel?

  • ty...goodnight n godbless mum xx

  • Thanks a lot for sharing this ^^

  • No wonder that older people in the 80s were afraid of computers

  • LOL

  • Hmmm, it sounds better on the movie than it does on the soundtrack.

  • @moccalou

    Yeah, on the soundtrack, the cello was done with a synthesizer, and it's not really a duel anymore...

  • This should be remade!!!

  • The premier in electronic music... I love the 80's!

    MANNY DE GUZMAN, JR.

    Journalist/ Photographer

    Manila, Philippines

  • 1 of the best soundtracks

  • wonderful movie great part still brings tears to me eyes thank you for posting

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  • what is this piece of music?

    Is it pachelbels cannon in d major?

  • The cello piece played by Madeline in the song "The Duel" is the Minuet #4 in G (BWV Anh.II.114) from "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach" by Christian Petzold (formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach).

  • Minuet in G by Bach I believe

  • Couldn't we just call a truce and say it's both a duel and a duet?  XD

  • Thank you very much for posting this Vid. i love it. :-)

  • Great part of the movie! The movie itself has a lovely story line!!!

  • Duet, not duel

  • Well, even though they are playing as a duet, the song name is indeed "The Duel".

  • This is true...it's called " The Duel"....Essefen you have made yourself look foolish....hang your head in shame!!!!!!

  • You first.

    My point is it SHOULD be called "The Duet" as they are playing together, they are not competiting in a "duel"

  • No sir...I must disagree.......if two swordsmen fight in a field this is not a duet...but a duel.....I think although they are playing together they are also playing against each other.......I do take your point, but I am afraid you are wrong!!!!

  • Check out the song Duelling Banjos. It features two banjos. Technically two instruments played together is normally called a duet. but in this case they are competing against each other, like in a duel. Also as in this song. Sorry Essefen.

  • I haven't heard this piece since I first saw the movie at the drive-in, South Africa, 1984, but I never forgot about it because of the way it made me feel. Imagine if they remade this movie, they'd drum 'n' bass this bit, or something!

  • The movie finally got re-released on DVD in the UK this week! Amazon has it - still awaiting the US release...

    This segment is like the original Garage Band!

    Anyone remember the 1968 LP "Switched On Bach" on the Moog Synthesizer?

    The story in Electric Dreams is loosely based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut - "EPICAC" from his book "Welcome to the Monkey House". It was the first story to feature the fictional EPICAC computer later used in Vonnegut's novel Player Piano in 1952.