Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a 1984 science fiction television film starring Raul Julia and Linda Griffiths.

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was featured in the eighth season finale episode of the comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1997.

After ordering bonuses and stocks for every employee, committing Novicorp's chairman to a month of "compulsory rehab" via doppeling, and changing both his and Apollonia's identities to those of Rick and Ilsa from Casablanca, Aram vows to fight the dystopian government.

The film ends with the new couple walking out the door and, now free from Novicorp's oppression, talking about opening a club on the other side of town: Rick's Place.

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was co-produced by New York television station WNET and Toronto-based production company RSL Films, Ltd.

[10] LA Weekly, acknowledging the low production values, praised the film for its ideas and the strong romantic relationship between Julia's and Griffiths' characters.

[13] In his book The Sci-Fi Movie Guide, Chris Barsanti found Overdrawn at the Memory Bank to be one of the better film translations of cyberpunk, despite being one of the least known.

[14] In a negative review for Cinema Canada, Bruce Malloch remarked that, had it been released as a feature film rather than a direct-to-TV movie, it would have been a failure.

[17] MST3K cast member Bill Corbett disliked the film, calling it an "extraordinarily dumb movie whose relentless 'funny' techno-futuro-jargon was the screenwriting equivalent of water torture."

Corbett also noted difficulties in mocking the film due not wanting to befoul the reputation of the then recently deceased Julia,[a] resulting in them barely riffing on the actor.

[16] Fellow cast member and writer Paul Chaplin voiced his hatred towards Overdrawn, equating his disdain with later "experiment" Hobgoblins.