Editing Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (section)

==Production and release==
''Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'' was co-produced by [[New York City|New York]] television station [[WNET]] and [[Toronto]]-based production company RSL Films, Ltd. It was shot at Magder Studios and on-location in Toronto from August 20 to September 12, 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Cinema Canada]]|title=Production Guide|last1=Mehes|first1=Del|last2=Dorland|first2=Michael|issue=99|date=September 1983|pages=46–47|url=https://archive.org/details/cinema-canada-no.-99-september-1983/page/n45/mode/}}</ref> Co-producer Robert Lantos said that the film's budget "exceeded well into seven figures". To cover some of the costs, it was pre-sold to small American cable companies. The film was [[shot-on-video film|shot on videotape]], with Lantos claiming that if it had been shot on [[photographic film]], it would have been as expensive as ''[[Blade Runner]]''.<ref name=GlobeMail>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|title=PBS, Canadian firm co-produce film|last=Scott|first=Jay|date=August 18, 1983|page=19|via=ProQuest}}</ref> Douglas Williams directed the film and [[Corinne Jacker]] wrote the [[film treatment]].{{sfn|Menville|1985|page=[https://archive.org/details/futurevisionsnew0000menv/page/168/mode/2up 169]}}

The film premiered on [[CBC Television]] on September 22, 1984,<ref>{{cite news|title=Trudeau passes up 'Front Page Challenge'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66925813/the-gazette/|last=Schnurmacher|first=Thomas|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=September 22, 1984|page=37|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> later being shown on [[PBS]]{{'}}s anthology series ''[[American Playhouse]]'' on February 4, 1985.<ref name=Star>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|last=Coleman|first=Nick|title=Coleman: 'Overdrawn' is cross between Orwell and Vonnegut|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66926173/star-tribune/|page=22|date=February 4, 1985|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on [[Channel 4]] in June 1990.<ref>[https://tvrdb.com/c4films/?id=4408 Channel Four Films: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983)]: The Television & Radio Database</ref> The film was released on [[VHS]] by [[New World Pictures|New World Video]] and [[LaserDisc]] by [[Image Entertainment]].{{sfn|Stanley|1994|page=290}}