Heartbeeps (1981)

Why the Bomb?: Films of 1980s: 1981 (48 movies items)

" Directed by Allan Arkush, the 1981 film Heartbeeps, starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as two runaway companion robots who fall in love, triggered a total system crash by substituting a slow, humorless story for a Star Wars action adventure. ERROR: SYSTEM FAILURE DETECTED Deficit: Grossed $2.15M against a $12M budget. Launch: Opening weekend yielded only $407K. Glitch: Terminated Andy Kaufman's movie career. Patch: Kaufman offered cash refunds on Letterman. SYSTEM FAULT Wrong log"

Why the Bomb?: Films of 1980s: 1981 (48 movies items)

" Directed by Allan Arkush, the 1981 film Heartbeeps, starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as two runaway companion robots who fall in love, triggered a total system crash by substituting a slow, humorless story for a Star Wars action adventure. ERROR: SYSTEM FAILURE DETECTED Deficit: Grossed $2.15M against a $12M budget. Launch: Opening weekend yielded only $407K. Glitch: Terminated Andy Kaufman's movie career. Patch: Kaufman offered cash refunds on Letterman. SYSTEM FAULT Wrong log"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Val and Aqua are two household servant robots who start feeling emotions for each other. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own. Heartbeeps is a 1981 American romantic science fiction comedy film about two robots who fall in love and decide to strike out on their own. The film was directed by Allan Arkush, written by John Hill, and stars Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as the robots. It was Kaufman's final performance"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Val and Aqua are two household servant robots who start feeling emotions for each other. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own. Heartbeeps is a 1981 American romantic science fiction comedy film about two robots who fall in love and decide to strike out on their own. The film was directed by Allan Arkush, written by John Hill, and stars Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as the robots. It was Kaufman's final performance"

Tier Ranking: The Worst Films of 1980 - 1981 (35 movies items)

"Critics wanted to unplug the film, and for them it was particularly bad. My thoughts: It was a hunk of junk."

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